It has been five years in the planning and now we are finally on the road to Alaska. The trip was delayed by broken bones, moving to New Mexico, the pandemic and border closings. We expect the trip to last about three months and cover 10,000 miles. We are taking our time. It has been a week since we left Las Cruces and we have just arrived in Canada. We will drive the Alaska Highway across Canada. We will often be traveling and camping in remote areas, but we will post to the blog as often as we can. Wish us well!

Mike in the woods at Manzano State Park, Mountainair, NM

We were concerned about wildfires in the Northwest, but encountered a massive forest fire before we even left New Mexico.

Cancer Root

Dennis along a creek in Sugarite Canyon State Park, 

Raton, NM

Golden Banner

Lake Maloya, Sugarite SP

Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Wild Iris

Bald Eagle in flight

Spotted Towhee

Deer bedded down against the wind

Apple Blossoms in a rest stop in northern Colorado

Sunrise along the North Platte River with geese 

in Douglas, WY

Interstate Highway 90, a railroad train, and the Crazy Mountains, in western Wyoming

Mike at Hauser Lake, Devils Elbow Campground, outside of Helena, MT

Mountain Bluebirds

Male

and Female in flight

Merganser (we think)

Pine 

Dried Weeds

Lake Hauser

Ranchland along the highway in southern Alberta, Canada

And we found our Spirit Guide in a Walmart in Billings, Montana