by Deb McCoy | Sep 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
We got to Anchorage on Wednesday and started looking for a place to stay for a few days. We tend to use “Mileposts”, a reference book, for all our decisions on where to go and what to see. The first place we looked for was right in the center of town....
by Deb McCoy | Aug 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
We got about 2/3 of the way towards Anchorage and realized it was a bit too much to continue. So we stopped at an RV park which was really bare ones. No TV or sewer. But, like I have said, being self contained, we don’t really care for just one night. On Tuesday...
by Deb McCoy | Aug 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
FAIRBANKS The part of the Alcan Highway in Alaska was somewhat better maintained than the part in the Yukon. This is not to demean the Yukon Highway Department, but more a realization of how different areas’ roadways can deteriorate at different rates. So, the roads...
by Deb McCoy | Aug 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
This has been a week of amazing scenery, culminating in an evening of impressive northern lights, albeit in movie form. We zigzagged our way across the Continental Divide several times early in the week, following the major roads north and west. After Jasper, we got...
by Deb McCoy | Aug 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the main reasons we went to Fernie was to find anoother tangible attachment to Carmela and Giuseppe Amato. We found two: Carmela’s sister’s grandchildren and Concetta Amato Migale’s gravesite.Apparently, Concetta and Raffaele Migale had Seven...
by Deb McCoy | Aug 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Fernie, BC is a city of about 5000 people nestled in a basin amongst 6000-7000 foot mountains. The Elk River winds, serpentine-like, around the valley, cutting a peninsula on which the town is built. The river varies from 50 to several hundred feet wide along its way....