An Alaskan Adventure
Our HAL Alaskan Adventure
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Grands and Grandies
Destinations
Anchorage's Flowers
Our Adventure
Visitor Center Anchorage
Walking the Sun's Planets in Anchorage
Anchorage Visitor Center Area
Anchorage Flowers
Here a friend from Mississippi joined us for lunch.
The Anchorage Zoo
All Aboard the Alaska Explorer
Denali National Park and Preserve
Junior Rangers
Horns and Antlers, Fangs and tusks
About the Denali Experience
Jeff King Husky Homestead
Husky babies
The Chalet at Denali
Fairbanks
Our Luxurious Motorcoach
And our expert driver Carolyn
HAL's Tour Director
Our delightful tour director Megan
The Delta Visitor Center
Along the Pipeline
Pigs at the Pipeline exhibit
The Eldorado Gold Panning Excursion
The Eldorado Mine
Goldpanning
GOLD!
And we struck it!
Panning instruction
Gold Dredge #8
Near Fairbanks is one of the old gold dredges that chewed up the valley during the major gold strike in this valley.
North Pole Alaska
Checking it out
At Santa's workshop.
On the Road to Tok
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Rika's Road House
Chicken, Alaska
Top of the World Highway
And the Alaska/Yukon Territory border
Shutterbugs all
The Ferry to Dawson City
With Megan
Our 12-12-12 shirts were so much fun. Thanks to Laura Boetto for their creation.
Miner's Luck Dawson City
Bonanza---on Rabbit Creek
Dawson City
A marvelous city tour and stop at Robert Service's cabin for a great presentation of some of his work. Both he and Jack London (Call of the Wild) lived in Dawson City for a while.
Antler Antics at Minto
Moose Creek
And the world's biggest mosquito (and boy were the little ones THERE!)
Minto Moosies
The Frantic Follies
Whitehorse
Carcross, Yukon Territory
On the White Pass and Yukon Railway
The White Pass Train
Our buses at Carcross
While we didn't travel WITH two buses, there were two Hlland America groups going together through each day on our 12 day excursion.
Skagway, Alaska
The White Pass Railway
Onboard the Zuiderdam
Our Upper Verandah Suites
Creating Towel Creatures
AHH FOOD
Fabulous food, fantastic presentations, and a lot of fun in the Zuiderdam's dining rooms!
Glacier Bay
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Prettiest beverages
Keep it all in perspective
Ketchikan
Ketchikan
Ketchikan
Arriving in Vancouver BC
A Welcome Committee
Chester and Buck Waited
Reflections
About the Author page
At the Zoo
12-12-12 Bragbook
Our 12-12-12 Alaska Adventure
Grans and Grands
12=12=12
Our custom shirts were made by Laura Boetto "Nature Calls" sportswear
The Itinerary
Anticipation
Yummies
A mega sundae and a monster cinnamon bun were just a couple of the things we sampled on our trip.
McKinley Explorer
Observation cars and scenery were ours between Anchorage and Fairbanks on this train.
At Moose Creek
The worlds biggest mosquito--and a fun dog house along the road at the Moose Creek stop.
North Pole Alaska
Antler Antics
Pondering Photoshots
Planning Photos
And, playing with Grandma's camera.
Gold Panning
At the Eldorado Mine north of Fairbanks.
Just We 4
New Junior Rangers
Denali National Park Rangers tested and awarded Junior Ranger status for the girls. Their booklets were awesome!
Frantic Follies
Whitehorse Frantic Follies and Priss was called from the audience to be swooned and serenaded by the GREAT four.
A Toast
Towel Art
Both girls made such wonderful animals from all the towels in our stateroom on the Zuiderdam.
The Klondike Gold Rush
A great tour of the original Bonanza (at Rabbit Creek) Dawson city where the gold rushers longed to be in 1886
Mushers
Sled Dog Racing and demonstrations were just wonderful. We went to two of them. One in Denali with Jeff King, and the other in Skagway.
Checking out the Zuiderdam
Glacier Bay
The entire day at Glacier Bay was crystal clear and absolutely gorgeous. Had to include just one photo of the glaciers.
The Girls
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The Path
Wherever your heart leads you.
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