Left Haines Junction, Yukon Territory for Skagway, Alaska in chilly, but sunny weather. We made it to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory before the skies opened up. It rained steadily the remaining 2.5 hours. Slow-going at 55 miles per hour. Went through Alaska Customs at Skagway, and the Inspector shook my hand. Larry had gone through ahead of me and told the guy that I was retired from the same agency. Very nice inspector; he's been working at Skagway since 1965! He...

Left Valdez this morning under sunny, but chilly, skies. Saw a silver fox skipping across the road just north of town. Took a little side-trip to the historical town of Chitka. The 1900-era hotel had been renovated. The town was a link for the railroads and some of the gold rush miners back then, then became a ghost town after the gold rush subsided. Neat old buildings remain, and the area is known for it's annual fishing contest at the lake. There are three nic...

We had a nice Mexican dinner last night at Ernesto's, owned by a former Mexican federal police officer and his family. Crashed and slept 12 hours! Thanks to black-out curtains - it never really does get dark here! Did laundry finally. No more crunchy clothes! Woke up at 0854am, just in time to get the last crumbs from the free continental breakfast! Had an 4.7 earthquake a few miles away just after 0900am. How appropriate, since old Valdez was pretty much destro...

Left Palmer, Alaska for Valdez, Alaska after being woken up in the middle of the night by a woman crying over her husband, who apparently left her and took the dogs, and she ended up in our hotel. She was out back of MY room almost all night until I dragged my tired butt out of bed and told her to shut the F*** up. Simper, simper, and away she went. Anyway, the day started with very nice weather; 55 degrees and mostly sunny. Went to the Palmer Post Office and m...

Left Palmer at 0715am to head to Seward for lunch in 56 degrees and overcast drizzle. We headed into Anchorage and there was a huge fog bank, then I realized it wasn't fog, it was CLOUDS! We were riding even with the clouds - way, way, freaking cool. The road is right above the water on Cooks Inlet; very nice scenery, even when overcast. Lots of roadside waterfalls. Went to Portage Lake Glacier Park and saw ICEBERGS! Got to Seward around 1100am and went souven...