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Road Trip 2018
North to Alaska

First Stop Churchill Downs

Cornee had her Mint Julip

Lost $56 on horse races

Louisville Cardinal's Papa John's Stadium was closeby

Visited Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park, Il Home, Studio & Neighborhood

Downtown Chicago

We drove under the "L" in Chicago

Lake Michigan coast of Chicago

Art Museum in Milwaukee, WI

The Old Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery, Milwaukee

Shores of Lake Michigan

Lighthouse on Lake Mich

Our room for the night before we trash it.

Bucky the Badger in Madison, Wisconsin

Another Bucky; they were all over Madison

Capitol in Madison, WI

Another "Bucky"

And another

University of Wisconson Camp Randall Football Stadium

Unitarian Church design by Framk Loyld Wright

on a huge campus, part has grass roof

Frank Loyld Wright Design, 127 Ely Place, Madison WI

Wisconsin Capitol Building downtown Madison

Third Lake near downtown from the rooftop Monona, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Third Lake from the rooftop of Monona Terrace

Rooftop at Monona Terrace overlooking Third Lake

Monona Terrace looking back at Capitol building

This would make a good postcard picture from Monona Terrace

Entering The House on the Rocks neatr Spring Garden, Wisconsin

Garden at the House on the Rocks

Displays in the House on the Rocks

Inside the House on the Rocks

Another view of the Garden at the House on the Rocks

Inside the House on the Rocks

Another Display in the House on the Rocks

Display in the House on the Rocks

Infinity Room at the House on the Rocks
The room is cantelevered out some 200ft.

Entering the Frank Loyld Wright Taliesin

Visitor Center
All the following pictures are from our tour of Taliesin Home nad Architecture School

Architectural School
Following are of the school

Taliesin
Following are of the Home

Frank Loyld Wright's Desk

On the way to Wisconsin Dells, we spied a Mouse hanging out on the corner in front of a cheese shop

Famous Burger joint in Wisconson Dells rated best Burger in Wisconsin by the Thrill List- Really good burger!

Interesting Semi-Truck sign in Wisconson

Celebrated Etchy's 70th Birthday Here in Ooseo, Wisconson

Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul

Largest Ball of Twine in the World, Darwin MN

Pair of Working Pliers, no screws, no pegs, Darwin MN

The man who single handedly rolled the ball of twine

Charlie's Cafe in Freeport MN where the Prairie Home Companion guy ate breakfast

Viking Runestone, Alexandria MN

Translation of Norse on above

Booming Prairie Chicken, 9000 lbs

Cuter than etchy

Fargo, ND. Wood Chipper from the Movie Fargo

Buffalo in Fargo

Police Car in Fargo

NDSU Bison Football Stadium

Roger Maris Gravestone in Fargo

Largest Buffalo in the World in Jamestown, ND

Cuter than etchy

ND Capitol Building

Sue, the Largest Holstein Cow in the World

Badlands in North Dakota

National Park in Western North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt spent time in this area before
he moved back East and began to enter politics.
He returned and lived here for a while after he lost his mother and
wife on the same day to recuperate from his great loss.

Horses in the Park

Park Scenery

Prairie Dog Town in the TR National Park

Inside the TR National Park

Vista inside the TR National Park

Dinosaur on the side of the Museum in Glendive Montana

Critter on the side of the road in Jordan, Montana

Cuter than etchy

Replica of the Head of a Tyrannosaurus Rex that was unearthed in
1909 near Jordan, Montana

Ate Dinner here, Spring runs under the town of Lewistown
You can tube the spring and go under the town.
The owner of the bar made a fishing hole in the floor
so he could fish the spring while working!

This is the fishing hole and you can watch tubers go by.
The owner had to put a cover over the fishing hole since tubers
would come in at night and steal his liquor!

Minute Man Missle in Lewistown

Interesting twist in Lewistown

Mud Road from Lewistown to Great Falls, Montana

Great Falls Lewis & Clark Interpretive center

Lewis and Clark

Boat Lewis and Clark used to travel the Missouri River

Bird Island on the Missouri River

Interesting note about L&C Trip

Rainbow Falls on the Missouri River, Great Falls Montana

Crooked Falls on the Missouri River, Great Falls Montana

Black Eagle Falls on the Missouri River, Great Falls Montana

Missouri River

Drive to last falls visited on the Missouri River

Last falls we visited, Etchy had to cross
a swinging bridge to get a better photo

Known as the"Big" or "Great" Falls on the Missouri River

The Swinging Bridge, pretty shaky

Short video of the shake

Interesting data about Great Falls at 2 K's Kafe

More data at 2 K's Kafe

Cornee's Burger at 2 K's Kafe

Etchy's Burger at 2 K's Kafe,
supposedly the best burger in Montana

Kayla, half owner of 2 K's Kafe

Penguin on the way to Glacier National Park

Back yard of our room at the Halfway House near
Glacier National Park

Alot of the following pictures are at
Glacier National Park

Our "Jammer" Margaret and the Tour Bus

Lake McDonald at Apgar Village

Another Bus and Lake McDonald

Lake McDonald

Local Prairie Squirrels- look and act very similar to Prairie dogs

The park

Fossils up high along side the "Going to the Sun Road" that shows
this area was once under the ocean

Bird Woman Falls

Closeup of a waterfall along the roadside. Some of the
waterfalls were actually bridged under the road. Whew!

View from Logan Pass Visitor Center

Some of these rocks were overhead as we drove by

There are two bears in this tree.

A close up

Lunch - Huckleberry BBQ

Hungry Horse Dam

Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt south of Glacier National Park

Blackfoot Indians made from Junk

Montana Prairie on the East Side of Glacier National Park

Faye Wray was from this town in Southern Canada just across
the border.

Restaurant in the watertower in Lethbridge, Alberta

On the road to Head Smashed In we found this weather vane

We visted the historical buffalo jump wall in Southern Alberta

This broken rock was on the side of the road near the jump

This is the largest Rock Erratic that was deposited by a glacier

The rock is south of Calgary

Town of Canmore outside Calagary on way to Banff and
Lake Louise. Canmore means "Big Head"

Inside Banff Springs Hotel

View from the Back Terrace at Banff Springs Hotel

View toward hotel from terrace in the back of the Hotel

View of the Streams from the back terrace at Banff Springs Hotel

The Back Terrace at Banff Springs Hotel

Inside the Banff Springs Hotel Lobby

Village of Banff, Alberta, CA

Sign entrance to Buffalo Mountain Lodge, Banff

Leaving Banff

On the road to Lake Louise

Arrival at Lake Louise,. Absolutely Beautiful

Chateau Lake Louise

Great lunch at the Lake Louise Hotel

The View from our lunch spot in the Bar at the Fairmont

Lakeside view of the hotel

Lake Louise is beautiful and was rated #1 by National Georgraphic
as the most beautiful lake in North America in the 1950's.
Lake Lure in North Carolina was rated #3.

View leaving Lake Louise

Not sure who is riding the horse (it was a metal sculpture)

1988 Olympic Ski Jumps in Calgary, Alberta, CA located at
the Olympic complex on the west side of town

Lunch at the Cattle Baron. Alberta is known for their cattle
and the wonderful quality of the beef.

Cornee's Steak. The Cattle Baron steaks did not disappoint!

Jessie our server

Stampede Park - Calgary

Inside Stampede park

Stampede festivities start 7/8

View of Calgary from the park bridge crossing the Bow River

An interesting truck inside the Stampede park

More of the park

Rodeo arena

Still in the park

More park, Saddledome in the background.

Fort Calgary which was the first settlement in the area

Fort Calgary site

Interpretive Center for Fort Calgary

The Calgary tower in downtown

Fairmont Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta CA

Artwork on the side of a building at The Trolley Depot

Aboard the High Level Trolley across the
North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton

Tour Historian

Picture from the Trolley while on the high level bridge

Another view

Picture of the Captiol Building from the trolley

Conductor on a break, I guess

Pretty good "Love"Graffiti along the trolley route. The green one
says, "Her love is the soil that makes by heart Sprout"!

More graffiti

The Trolley was built in 1911

A view down river south of Edmonton

Cornee enjoying the ride

A view of the train trestle over the river

The Trolley

Crossing the bridge to Edmonton from Queen Elizabeth II Park

Canada's largest Bat, Edmonton, Alberta, CA

Interesting award in Alberts, south of Grand Prairie

Biggest Beaver in the world north of Grand Prairie

Now the fun starts up the ALCAN Highway to Alaska
2400 km from Grand Prairie

Pipeline over the PeaceRiver

Charles lake where 14 men died building the ALCAN Hwy

Moument as tribute to those that died

big lumber jack on the ALCAN Hwy

Didn't see the real one cross the ALCAN

Scenery on the ALCAN

Scenery on the A:LCAN

Girl's Gourmet Cafe for dinner on the ALCAN
2000 KM to go

ALCAN Highway leaving Fort Nelson, British Columbia

ALCAN Highway

Highest point on the ALCAN Highway

ALCAN Highway

ALCAN Highway Stone Mountain

ALCAN Highway

Stone Sheep on the ALCAN Highway

Wood Buffalo on the ALCAN Highway

Liard Hot Springs on the ALCAN Highway

Etchy taking a healing dip in the Hot Springs

Liard River Rapids on the ALCAN Highway

Entering the Yukon Territory

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest on the ALCAN Highway

Notice the Oak Island, NC USA sign in the middle!
That was our contribution to the forest.....

So far this was the worst hotel we have stayed at Teslin in the
Yukon Territory

Nisutlin Bay is at Teslin with the longest bridge on the Alcan Hwy

Entering Carcross, south of the Alcan Highway, we saw this?

Carcross Crossing Totem Pole in center of community with
Interpretive center and gift shops

Carcross Railway

In the men's restroom at Carcross

Smallest desert in the world in Carcross, Yukon Territory

Appears to be a Fox along the road on our way to Carcross

Caribou crossing is a tourist trap north of Carcross.
Lots of Cruise Tourists visit from the Skagway Port each day.

This Alaskan Huskey looked like a Blue Heeler!

Cornee driving a sled?

Pretty good shot of two wild goats on the side of the mountain

A working DC-3 Weather Vane in Whitehorse

in the Yukon they use everything to build anything

View from our hotel room in Haines Junction, Yukon, CA

Not much to see today 7/9 on the ALCAN Highway
Haven't had cell service for the last 7 days

Largest Pan for Panning Gold

Our last stop before entering Alaska

Spending the Night here at Buckshot Betty's

Room is pretty nice

Started the day with a Buckshot Betty Breakfast

YEAH! Made it to Alaska. Met a very friendly Custom's Agent
at the border, originally from South Carolina. Knew all about
the Gaffney Peachoid!

The Bench of International Understanding at the border.

Made it to the end of the ALCAN Highway!
1,422 miles from Dawson Creek, BC, Canada

We saw the Alaskan Pipeline crossing a river in Eastern Alaska
just north of Delta Junction

Close to Fairbanks, we made a stop at the North Pole at
Santa's Christmas House

Raindeer at North Pole

Made it to Fairbanks, Alaska

Met the local Santa in Fairbanks at a Jewelry store?

In a park next to the Chena River, the town remembers the worst
flood in their history that hit in 1967.

The Yukon Quest is a Dog Sled Race held each year that starts in
Fairbanks and ends in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada.

Started the day with a visit to the Ice Museum, Fairbanks

Cornee "Mushing"

Etchy Driving an Alaskan Harley?

Andy carved an ice picture in front of us

Museum of the North at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks

Interesting use of raindeer and goat parts

Lunch at Brewster's, supposed to be the best burger in Alaska?
I give it a B.

Kay, the bartender was nice.

Leaving Fairbanks headed to Denali National Park

The Road to Anchorage is known as the George Parks Highway.
This is a memorial to him on the side of the road.

We stopped by Skinny Dicks on the way to Denali National Park

Interesting but not our cup of tea!

This is the Tatana River in the town of Nenana on the Parks Hwy.

The Nenana Ice Classic involves a wooden tripod that is placed
on the frozen river. Everyone bets on the date and time that the
Spring Thaw allows it to go into the river. The winner gets the pot.
We bought 4 tickets.

This is the tripod ready to be placed this winter! The earliest it has
ever gone downstream is April 20th and the latest is May 20th.

Our hotel room in the Denali Area

On any given day there is only a 30% chance you will see
Denali. The top of the mountain creates it's own weather at over
20,000 feet so very difficult to see the summit 2 out of 3 days.

Rafters on the River.

Leaving our hotel on our way to see Denali at 7am

out first glimpse of the mountain was partially obscured by the clouds

etchy walked the trial along the Nenana River

back to the park in the late morning to see the mountain. More
visible now.

this is a good shot if it in the middle, the one with the snow

Bear in the field a Savage River

Savage River

Another view of Denali on our way back out of the park

Denali in the distant late afternoon

Close up of the above

Leaving Denali National Park

Had to get this sign too

On our way to Anchorage

A last look at the Big Mountain

We started at 105000. Got 112000 before we got to Anchorage

Went to Anchorage Airport. There were at least 1000 float
planes parked on the ramp or the lake. Awesome

Went Flat Top Mountain to View Ancorage and the surrounding
waterways

This was Cook inlet before the tidal bore on the Turnagain Arm

This was Diamond Jim's place. had to stop and take a pic

View from bird point where the tidal bore was suppose to be the best

We waited for an hour at Windy Point to see the tidal bore

No tidal bore to speak of but a nice view

Windy point

More of Windy Point after the tide cam in without a bore

On our way from Anchorage to Seward, we saw Denalim its
the white spot on the horizon. good view in person

We were just there to look for the whales, but saw Denali instead

Ate lunch here at Rays on the lake in Seward, a big cruise port

on our way to "Exit Glacier" in Seward

There's the Glacier in the distance

This is the view form the parking lot

Etchy walked the 2.4 mile round trip to get closer to the Glacier

On this spot in 1961 is where the foot of the Glacier was some
1.1 miles to where it is now,

Trail got a little rough

Still not to the Glacier

Getting closer

still not there

Almost there

Made it and still 300 yards from it. That's as close as you can get

This is were the foot of the glacier was in 2010 some
500 yards from where it is now

this was the sign at the end of the trail

Heading back to the car

Some fishermen on river on the way
back to Anchorage

hatchery in Anchorage

Gift Shop Animal

Etchy's-Look-a-Like

Musher who has won the iditorod race that
is run in Alaska. !000 Mile Dog Sled Race

Musher's Sled Dog

Some interesting stuff at the Anchorage Museum. the items hanging
from the ceiling represent ALL the us submarines.

We Sold Cornee's car today. Interesting story behind that

can you find the bear in the tree?

Got to Whittier, AK to get on the boat for 7 days

End of first day on the water

End of Day 2 on the boat

otter

Sea Lions are on these rocks

End of Day 3 on the boat

Skagway,AK

our server at the Red Onion

End of Day 4 headed back to the boat

Leaving Skagway

Made it to Juneau

Got on a Pedi-cab

Capital Building

Eagle looking for lunch

Salmon everywhere, some dying after they spawn

our pedi-cab driver

Cornee getting a bear hug

End of another day at sea

Made it to Ketchikan

on the way out of Ketchikan we passed this Coast Guard
post where our neighbor in Charlotte was Stationed. She's now
a kitchen manager at a great resturant in Hendersonville NC