We are also now home from our Alaska-Canada adventure. We made it safely to the Denver area just days before several of the roads we drove coming home were washed out by last week's floods in northeastern Colorado. Our part of town received "only" 3.75 inches of rain (about 30% of our average annual precip in one week of our normally driest month!). We are high and dry and without damage, but lots of folks only 10 miles away weren't so fortunate. My wife and I lived here when the 1965 flood hit Denver, but this one may actually be worse. Too soon to know, however, as they are still in the search mode and cleanup and insurance adjustments are just beginning. It may be several years before we know the total cost of this disaster.
We missed the Calgary floods by going through BC instead of Alberta on our way up to Alaska. We have now missed the Colorado floods by getting home earlier than we originally planned. So, the timing for the trip worked out better than we could have imagined.
It was the trip of a lifetime for us and we are also grateful to all those who contributed to this thread. It was fun reading about everyone else's trip in real time! Thanks to all of you.
