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Aug 7, 2012 - Canadian Border To Near Destruction Bay

8-7 Canadian Border To Near Destruction Bay Sunny And 60’s Stayed At Cottonwood RV Park This stretch of the Alaska Highway follows the northern edge of the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. The Tetlin Passage is a natural migration route, one of the few natural corridors through Alaska during the spring and fall. Rivers and ponds melt earlier in this area, attracting the first migrating birds that need a place to rest and eat. The longer hours of sunlight encourage plant growth that provides food and shelter. We stopped in the morning at...

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Aug 6, 2012 - Back On the Alaska Highway

8-6 Back On the Alaska Highway 54 Degrees And Sunny, 1 PM 68 Degrees Stayed At Border City Lodge And RV Park We still have more to see and do on the “to-do” list, but things are beginning to wind down just a bit as we start to head in an easterly direction. We will actually be back and forth between Canada and Alaska several times visiting the next few places we want to see in Alaska. It has been a beautiful day to travel with the clouds much higher in the sky, with peak after peak after mountain peak visible to us ahead and beside the...

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Aug 5, 2012 - Driving the Nabesna Road in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

8-5 Driving the Nabesna Road in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 46 Degrees and Drizzly Staying at Grizzly Lake Campground The northern road into the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is a 42 mile dirt and gravel road into the wilderness. The park is unique in that there are scattered private properties throughout, so we did see a few cabins and places where people are living, as well as a sportsmen’s lodge. We stopped at the Slana Ranger Station before going into the park to pick up the free audio tour they offer on loan, and it was really...

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