Alaska for the summer....


    We did a very quick turn-around between arriving home from China and leaving for Alaska.  We hadn't planned it that way, in fact I was looking forward to getting home from China and spending Memorial Day weekend just being home.  Puttering in the garden and just hanging out.  However, since we had gotten home a few days early and Bill was planning on going climbing up in the Mammoth area over the long weekend, it seemed a waste of time (and gas) to drive up to Mammoth then back to SD and then head north a few days later.  So, we did a quick recovery from our jet lag (actually it took about 3-4 days to feel really normal again), and we headed north on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend.

    After a weekend in Clark Canyon with Larry, Miriun and the kids we headed north taking our time and visiting along the way.  We saw Bill's Dad in Sacramento, our friends Jim and Kathy in Grant's Pass (OR), Aunt Pat in Florence (OR), and then showed up on  Dsh and Ali's doorsteps in  the Portland area and subjected them to geocaching.  ;-)   After that we got serious and drove all the way from Portland into Canada in one day.   We stayed at a campground just outside of Chiliwack, British Columbia.

OK...this is as far as I've gotten - we've been having too much fun - But I have gotten the pictures posted and that's what most of you want to see anyway.  I'll let you know if/when I create a log for Alaska