Reno to Alaska

Great News! We are out of British Columbia and into the Yukon! I've always wanted to see the Yukon since it sounded so mysterious and far far away, full of wild people and big mountains. The scenery is fantastic with snow covered mountains and tree filled valleys made all the more easy to enjoy by having good roads with few bumps. It was slow going in northern BC with roads that had many potholes and only mildly better then gravel covering them. But we are having an amazing time. We are stopping tonight in the capital of the Yukon which is called Whitehorse. The trip is taking a few days longer then expected but who knew the world was so big (especially British Columbia!) tomorrow we should be in Alaska and if all goes well, Anchorage the day after. As you have probably guessed internet is scarce in some parts and getting a regular blog put up is tough. Hope you are enjoying reading. Taking pics along the way here are a few.





The signpost forest in Watson, YT









The praying mantis in Chetwynd, BC. International chainsaw carving championship is in Chetwynd, pretty crazy stuff.


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Location:Whitehorse, Yukon

Reno to Alaska: Day 7

Howdy, from Fort Nelson! We are sitting down to an egg sandwich before getting on the road to Laird hot springs about 4 hours to the north and west. We are having a great time and seeing lots. We will have a chance to post more and show some pictures when we reach the hot springs but right now we are on a mission to t get there. Cheers!


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Location:Fort Nelson

Reno to Alaska: Day 4ish

Good evening from Williams Lake in southern Canada. Apparently Canada is a big place and it takes a long time to drive through. It takes an even longer time to get through when you encounter "drivers block" (this coming from Kate) and only drive about 100 miles a day supplemented by a 2 hour nap. Oh well. We are having a great time seeing what there is to see and meeting people along the way. Today we saw the worlds largest cross country skies in 100 Mile City and rested by the lake in Williams Lake. We hope to put on many more miles (kilometers is what they call them here). I'm not sure where we will be tomorrow but it will be north of here and a little closer to Anchorage, hopefully Dawson Creek. Thanks for reading!


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Location:Williams Lake

Reno to Alaska Day 4

Kaitlin here, Hello from Canada!!! We made it!
After crossing the boarder we drove for four hours in and out of thick forested canyons, alongside a beautiful river and below clear blue skies. We were oohing and ahhing over the scenery and loved everything that we saw. We made it to Cache Creek on highway uno and stayed at a nice campsite. As for you Nevadans reading this blog, yes Canada does have sagebrush, and lots of it :) Cache Creek is a high desert and not like the green and dense forested areas an hour away. We are having a great adventure and enjoying our walkie talkie talks (when they work that is!). We miss you family and are thinking about you lots. Our trek today is north (of course) and will be stopping at the 100 mile post and onward. Love you all and sending you big hugs and kisses from Canada.

This message is approved by Mark Williams



Cache creek campsite



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Location:Cache Creek

Reno to Alaska: Day 2

Hello from...Seattle, not Canada. We started having fun around the city of Seattle yesterday Afternoon seeing places Kaitlin knew from living hear and we got a little carried away. I have to say taking a break in Seattle was very nice since driving in city traffic with a wandering uhaul trailer is stressful and takes a great deal of care to not hit anything or anyone. So... Today we should be crossing the boarder. No rush. We have had a great time walking the district of Ballard, eating amazing Mexican, watching the sunset over the Olympics, and rescuing our scones this morning from the clutches of the birds. What a fun place!! Onward!












This house looks like the movie "Up"








This is a quilt shop called Drygoods Design.


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Location:Ballard, Seattle.

Reno to Alaska: Day 1

Greetings! Made it to Portland last night on the first leg of our journey. We left the Leck's home early yesterday morning. It was a sad goodbye but also an exciting new beginning. We picked up the loaded trailer and started north only stopping to get gas or take a quick break. We drove by Mt Shasta this afternoon which was covered in clouds. The jeep and trailer handled well enough after getting used to the weight and swaying back and forth. Slow and steady will have to do. We met and stayed with Mark and Jamie, Kate's second cousins, who live in Portland. They are great hosts and lots of fun. We needed to catch up on sleep and so made it a late morning with a walk to coffee to blog and across the street to REI to get working walkie-talkies. Today we will be crossing the Canadian boarder and stopping at a small town called Hope. Thanks for reading. Stay tuned.


Mt. Shasta in the background

















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Location:Portland

Day zero

Good evening family! I'm making a short blog to document Kate's and mine's trip to Alaska. Today was a full day of packing the Uhaul and cars. It was close but we fit everything but the bikes which will have to be shipped later. Tomorrow is the first day on the road. We will be going to Portland and staying with Kate's second cousin Mark. I dove the jeep and loaded trailer around the block to see how it goes and it seemed to drive fine. More to come but it's exciting to be heading out tomorrow. It's also sad to be l leaving Reno with Kate's family and all our friends. It was a great graduation weekend. Very fun to see everyone.


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Location:Reno