Animals seen:

Family of wild turkeys, fox, deer, a mother bear with two cubs (twice), bear, Bighorn sheep,  Dall sheep, Marmot, ducks, beaver dam, moose.

Day 1 – July 20, 2016 Winnemuca, NV

We stayed in the RV park recommended by Win Rowe.  It was new and very large and spacious.  We would stay there again. 

Day 2 – July 21, 2016

Nothing eventful.  We stayed in an RV park in Meridian, Idaho.  It was a nice park with long dog runs.

Day 3 and 4 – July 22 and 23, 2016 Lewiston, Idaho

We spent two nights at an Indian casino RV park.  The rate was $20/night.  Nice casino.

Day 5 – July 24, 2016

We stayed at Bonners Ferry, Idaho  at Blue Lake RV resort.  It was a beautiful RV park next to a beautiful lake. 

 

Day 6 – July 25, 2016 Lake Louise, BC

We arrived at Lake Louise knowing beforehand that the RV campground was full.  We knew that there was an overflow campground about two miles away.  We went directly to the overflow campground.  Our research indicated that it was a gravel pit, however, they must have recently paved and painted white lines.  There were no hookups, no water, no sewer yet they wanted $10.80CND per night.  The next morning we started to drive up to Lake Louise, unfortunately when we arrived there we were told there was no RV parking.  They turned us around and sent us back down the hill.  Traffic was horrendous.  When we reached the bottom of the hill an electronic sign said road closed due to heavy traffic.  Bummer! We then drove to Lake Louise Ski Resort and enjoyed a breakfast buffet.  We then decided to continue through Banff and Jasper National Park.  We stopped at Bridel Veil Falls where Robbie fell into the water the last time we were here.  We attempted to stop at Columbia Glacier however the first parking lot was closed.  They directed us to the second parking lot which was way to far to walk to the Glacier so we continued through the park. 

So far in Canada we have seen a family of wild turkeys, foxes, deer, a mother bear with two cubs, Bighorn sheep and  Dall sheep.

Day 7 – July 26, 2016 McBride, BC

We stayed at N&V Mountain Chalet. 

Day 8 – July 27, 2016 Vanderhoof, BC

We stayed at Brookside Resort. There was a very large play area for Sammy, however, it was extremely dusty.

Day 9, 2016 – July 28, 2016 Houston, BC

We stayed at Shady Rest RV park.  It was absolutely beautiful.  It was one of the prettiest parks we have ever stayed at.  The owner had a green thumb and had hanging and potted flowers everywhere.  She had two hot houses where she transplants all those beautiful flowers in the Fall.  The grounds were magnificent.  She recommended we stay at Meziadin Lake Provincial Park the next night.

Day 10 – July 29, 2016 Maziadin Lake Provincial Park

Beautiful, private spot up on it’s own hill with a view of the lake and the other campers below us.  Site 10.  The ranger who came around to collect our $22 CND said that if he was camping here this would be the spot he would choose as opposed to the sites right on the lake.  It’s private and secluded.  We liked it so much we decided to spend two nights here.  But then our trip has stopped for a few days since Lynne is sick. We left a campground at 4 this morning (no internet or cell towers) and backtracked to the nearest hospital and saw the doc around 8.

Day 11 – July 30, 1996 Terrace, BC

She has a bladder infection and perhaps a appendix problem. The doc said to stay in town for at least 24 hours and hopefully three days. We filled the prescription and she took the first dose this morning. Finding a campground was very very difficult since this is a three day weekend in British Columbia. After driving around for the afternoon and seeing Full or no Vacancy signs we saw a sign drag races Sunday and Monday at the airport. We went to the airport thinking racers would be camping on Saturday night and sure enough. Now we are camped at the Terrance BC airport (internet via our hot spot) with other motor homes and trailers probably all racers. Lynne is sleeping now (6:12PM). Hopefully she will be felling better when she awakes. If the problem we will go back to ER.

Day 10 – July 29, 2016 Maziadin Lake Provincial Park

This was a beautiful, private spot up on its own hill with a view of the lake and the other campers below us. It was site# 10.  The ranger who came around to collect our $22 CND said that if he was camping here this would be the spot he would choose as opposed to the sites right on the lake.  It’s private and secluded.  We liked it so much we decided to spend two nights here.  But suddenly our trip plans changed as Lynne was became very sick. She started an antibiotic we had in the motor home but we didn’t have a lot of confidence that we had the correct medication for her. She was in so much pain that she was crying. We though she was dealing with an appendix issue.  I discovered that the nearest hospital was 200 miles back from wence we came. We left the campground at 4 this morning (no internet or cell towers) and backtracked to the hospital.  We saw the doctor at 8:00 A.M.

Day 16 – Thursday, August 4, 2016, Maziadin Lake Provincial Park

We went to the hospital for the last time this morning to see about paying our co-pays for the hospital stay. The hospital informed us that we had to pay the entire amount $3,345CND in full and it was up to us to be reimbursed from our insurance company since we did not have “travel insurance” whatever that is. We called our insurance company and after about an hour of talking back and forth to the hospital and us we finally agreed to pay. So we paid the bill and obtained our medical records for (hopefully) reimbursement from the insurance company.  I shutter to think what would happen if were a more serious and more expensive emergency. 

We finally left Terrance and have returned to  Maziadin Lake Provincial Park where we left six days ago. We found another nice private spot #22 above the campground and settled in for the evening. We again purchased two nights since we plan on a day trip to Alaska tomorrow.

Day 17 – Friday, August 5, 2016, Stewart BC/Hayes Alaska

We left early to see Bear Glacier in British Columbia and the Bear Viewing Boardwalk in Alaska. The roundtrip along highway 37A was gorgeous.  It was actually just as beautiful as Baniff/Jasper National Parks. The mountains, waterfalls and glaciers were much closer to the highway than in Baniff/Jasper. The traffic was almost non existent. There were no tourists at the Bear glacier and four cars, one motor home and two Harleys at the Bear Viewing Boardwalk. Compared to Baniff/Jasper where we couldn’t find parking in more than 3/4th of the tourist attractions. Unfortunately, the bear viewing was a bust since there were no bears, however the scenery was magnificent.  We returned to the campground only to be eaten by mosquitoes and a hot motor home. We had to wait until 6pm before we were allowed to turn on the generator to run the air conditioner. If you want to enter the United States without a passport this is the way to go. No passport check or anything to enter Hayes, Alaska just drive across the border. On the other hand Canada has a customs check point passport required to return plus a lot of stupid questions. Such as do you have a knife, well of course a big one this is a moving house and no gun, ammo, pepper spray, bear spray, alcohol. We have only been out of Canada for an hour. 

Day 18 – Saturday August 6, 2016 Mountain Shadow RV park – Iskut, BC

Twice today bears crossed the road in front of the motor home. First a mama bear with two cubs then a single bear. This is a beautiful campground with 30 amp as is most of Canada. There is no sewer connection at our site. Internet is via satellite that is shared by all 22 sites. It is very slow, in fact, so slow that we gave up on getting connected. We have just returned from a “10 minute walk” to the lake that took 45 minutes and we never made it to the lake although we did see the lake in the distance. Sammy loved the walk in the woods and drank his share of our water. There is no satellite TV this far north or from the campground so we’re into our stash of movies recorded on Dish, DVDs and Robbie’s hard drive.

Day 19 – Sunday August 7, 2106 Watson Lake, Yukon

There are mosquitoes up here!  We have both been bitten multiple times.  The bites swell up to the size of a quarter.   We were on the road for about six hours today.  We saw a fox and lots of rabbits but no big game today.  We stopped at the Jade Factory which produces 80% of the world’s Jade.  We didn’t buy anything but we did see some beautiful carved out pieces.  We pulled into the RV park and ran into  another Alaskan caravan.  We were parked with another caravan last night.  They all seem to be going South.  We are still going North.  This is an interesting RV park.  It’s the most expensive one we’ve gone to and yet they have no facility for trash.  They suggest pulling out on the road and using the trash at one of the rest stops.  They also have no Yi-Fi at the site, no sewer at the site and our cell phone has no coverage.  They can charge this high rate because they’re the only RV park at the intersection of two major roads. We decided not to go for a walk today.  The mosquitoes win!

Day 20 – Monday August 8, 2016 Yukon Wildlife Preserves

We saw this preserve on television while in Sparks.  The show was Yukon Vet.    We took a two hour bus tour of the preserve.  The animals were all from the wild and most of them arrived at the preserve because they needed medical help and healing.  We stayed at an RV park at a hot springs campground nearby (Takhini) in a cluster of Aspen trees.