DrewE's Alaska Trip Travelogue
I returned about a week ago from a marvelous ten-week trip to and through Alaska (and back) with my dear mother. I went in a 32' class C, actually about 35' overall with a bicycle rack on the back, w...
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Another shortish installment. I promise the next one will be longer, with more pictures.
September 5th -- We continued along; our next main goal was to be Glacier National Park (the United States one).
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This was somewhere not too far south of where we camped, though I don't recall the exact location. I presume it to be the Thompson River.
At Kamloops, we headed east on the Trans-Canada. We stopped in Chase, mainly to do a little grocery shopping (which we had intended to do in Kamloops but had difficulty navigating to an appropriate store). The local Safety Mart was very much Canadian; where else would one find a grocery store with a hockey theme? I think possibly the one wing of the building may have been an ice rink at one point in time, actually, but I'm not sure about that.
The road passes through a couple of Canadian national parks, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier. The latter, in particular, I assume would be rather impressive in clear weather. Our views were increasingly obscured by smoke as the day went on.
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We turned south on 95 and, after a long day of travel, camped at Dry Gulch Provincial Park.
September 6th -- We crossed the border at Roosville, and proceeded to US 2. We decided not to stop at Glacier as the visibility low due to the smoke. As it turned out, the Going to the Sun road was closed beyond the Apgar visitor's center anyhow, which only confirmed our decision.
We camped for the night at Riverview RV Park in Cut Bank, MT. From the highway, this looked a little bit sketchy; but it turned out to be perfectly acceptable and rather nicer than the first impression led us to believe.
September 7th -- We continued east on US 2.
We stopped in Havre to take the Havre Beneath the Streets tour. We ended up being the only people on our particular tour, so got the personal treatment. I found this to be a rather fascinating glimpse into local history, both the upstanding and the less so. The tour would, I think, be particularly intriguing to school-aged children, but it's certainly not exclusively aimed at them.
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The bakery--an example of a fine, upstanding business
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The bordello, which (like the bakery) was documented as being authentic at the location and has at least a few of the original furnishings.
We did not stop there, but Havre also has a very well-preserved buffalo jump site that is said to be superb.
We spent the night at the Nelson Lake BRC campground, which was pretty nicely maintained and is available free of charge.
September 5th -- We continued along; our next main goal was to be Glacier National Park (the United States one).
This was somewhere not too far south of where we camped, though I don't recall the exact location. I presume it to be the Thompson River.
At Kamloops, we headed east on the Trans-Canada. We stopped in Chase, mainly to do a little grocery shopping (which we had intended to do in Kamloops but had difficulty navigating to an appropriate store). The local Safety Mart was very much Canadian; where else would one find a grocery store with a hockey theme? I think possibly the one wing of the building may have been an ice rink at one point in time, actually, but I'm not sure about that.
The road passes through a couple of Canadian national parks, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier. The latter, in particular, I assume would be rather impressive in clear weather. Our views were increasingly obscured by smoke as the day went on.
We turned south on 95 and, after a long day of travel, camped at Dry Gulch Provincial Park.
September 6th -- We crossed the border at Roosville, and proceeded to US 2. We decided not to stop at Glacier as the visibility low due to the smoke. As it turned out, the Going to the Sun road was closed beyond the Apgar visitor's center anyhow, which only confirmed our decision.
We camped for the night at Riverview RV Park in Cut Bank, MT. From the highway, this looked a little bit sketchy; but it turned out to be perfectly acceptable and rather nicer than the first impression led us to believe.
September 7th -- We continued east on US 2.
We stopped in Havre to take the Havre Beneath the Streets tour. We ended up being the only people on our particular tour, so got the personal treatment. I found this to be a rather fascinating glimpse into local history, both the upstanding and the less so. The tour would, I think, be particularly intriguing to school-aged children, but it's certainly not exclusively aimed at them.
The bakery--an example of a fine, upstanding business
The bordello, which (like the bakery) was documented as being authentic at the location and has at least a few of the original furnishings.
We did not stop there, but Havre also has a very well-preserved buffalo jump site that is said to be superb.
We spent the night at the Nelson Lake BRC campground, which was pretty nicely maintained and is available free of charge.
