Moore's on the Move

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Headed South..boo hoo!

Valdez – Glenallen – Tok – Haines Junction – Haines – Whitehorse – to Hwy 37 – to Stewart/Hyder.

Upon leaving Valdez we headed to Tok going through Destruction Bay. …this begins our trek to the lower 48 states. We caught up with Bob and JoAnn Strutka at the Tok RV Park where we spent 2 nights and got to eat at Fast Eddie’s 3 times. We were so excited because their food is wonderful.

We left Tok, again picking up Highway 1, and made our way to Haines Junction. Aftekr walking around HJ for a bit with Bob Struka, JoAnn and Bob pulled out for Haines and we hung around waiting for Mark and Sue to catch up with us. Haines Junction is in the Yukon and Haines is in Alaska. Mark & Sue, Robin and Paul (another Phaeton owner couple) pulled in and we all stayed one night in HJ. The next morning Bob and I drove our car down to Haines for the day and the others rolled into Haines a bit later with their rigs. We all got together at Mosey’s Cantina for lunch and to celebrate Mark and Sue’s 36th wedding anniversary

Sarah was cooking at Moosey’s. Here are some shots from the cantina.

I visited the quilt shop and got lots of help in choosing some fabric from Dianne and Rhona. The shop is called Material Girls and they have beautiful fabrics for such a small town.

Haines has a center where the Native Americans do beautiful work in different mediums. We were able to see a man doing some silver engraving.

Some gentlemen had been working on a totem pole that was started in 2007…it was finished just last month so we did not get to see any work being done but their plans for the project were still up.

This little guy was the official greeter for the center.

And this is his helper. Good help is hard to find these days.

A couple of random shots around Haines. It is part of the Alaska Water Highway System.

Late that afternoon Bob and I headed back to Haines Junction where we had left our rig and our little guys. We were to spend one more night in HJ before moving south to Stewart, BC/Hyder, AK.

Moving On.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Catching Up…August 17, 2009 #2

As stated earlier, Valdez is a port and everything is geared to fishing. We visited the area out of town where there is a fish hatchery and saw thousands of salmon. The pictures are dark because our first day in Valdez was pretty and all the rest were wet and cool…highs in the 50s.

Notice the dark areas in the water…those are salmon…there were so many they made the water look dark.

There was a very shallow area where the sea gulls were having a field day with the salmon. The first day we came to this area there was a black bear right in the middle of the gulls having his dinner…wouldn’t you know it, my camera battery had gone dead minutes before. We went back the next day and spent and hour or so watching but the bear did not return. This is one of the ferries that is part of the marine highway. View from our RV space in Valdez. This, whatever it is, is actually sitting in the water…the fog was so bad and the cloud cover so low you could not see it.

Upon leaving Valdez, Mark and Sue headed by to Anchorage to get Vic to the airport for his flight back to Lake Charles and Bob and I struck out for Tok.

Moving On.

Catching Up…August 17, 2009 #1

It has been so long since my last post I hardly know where to start…I probably can’t even remember all we have done.

While in Palmer we did a day trip, actually several, into Anchorage to do some shopping. One evening we splurged and ordered king crab legs at a restaurant. My plate is one on the left and Bob’s is on the right. Guess who did most of the cleaning and the least of the eating. I am no expert at getting the meat out so my hands were bleeding in places by the time I was done. But I had better luck than Bob did…hmmmm, maybe he was just smarter…I was getting all the meat out for him. Our waiter even felt sorry for me.

Mark and Sue’s friend, Victor, flew into Anchorage to join them for a week. We all visited the Wrangell-St. Elias Nation Park. That’s Vic on the left.

Vic is a professional photographer…I caught him while he was in action.

The next morning we headed for Valdez. It was very cool, wet and foggy…and then also clear!

We stopped at this cute place for lunch. Notice the fog in the background.

There is not much to Valdez…of course it is know for the Exxon Valdez oil spill…except for fishing. This is the winning catch for the Halibut derby that was in progress.

Shots around town.

I will post further pictures of Valdez on my next entry…too many for this one.

Moving on.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

We pulled up stakes at our nice little turnout at Portage and headed for Palmer which is about 30 miles northwest of Anchorage. We had to stop and get fuel and propane so Bob and I decided to have breakfast at a small cafe near the station. Met the most delightful lady working there…she is from Yugoslavia. She works the front part of the cafe and her daughter does the cooking. Sorry I did not take any pictures.

It was a rainy morning but we pushed on. As you come into Anchorage from the south you will see Turnagain Arm…this is part of Cooks Inlet. The tide was out and evidently this boat got caught. Notice the people walking around it. I suppose it had to wait for the tide to come back in to be able to move.

We are now staying at Fox Run RV park with a Palmer, AK address. We are less than 4 miles from Wasilla. Hello Sarah! After getting settled Bob and I backtracked to Anchorage…the babies were out of dog food. We splurged and went to Outback for a steak for us. The cities are my least favorite part of the trip but that steak was goooood!

When we got back to the park, Jag and Bev had arrived…another Tiffin motor home couple…so we spent some time visiting with them.

Not much to report for today.

Moving on.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

We drove back to Girdwood with the intention of taking the tram up the side of the mountain to an elevation of about 2300 feet. Unfortunately, quite a wind had developed overnight and our common sense took over and we decided that even if the tram was running we would take a pass on it.

In checking out the few eating places for lunch we stopped at a sort of general store and I found this beautiful purple flower…no one knew what it was.