After a long drive yesterday, we finally made it to Prince Rupert. This morning, we're spending a few hours re-organizing the car/our packing, and then we drive onto the car ferry for 40 hours. By the next time we write, we'll be in Alaska!
Nothing too exciting happened yesterday, so we're posting a comparative chart today instead. As you may (or likely don't know), Steve's witty and awesome brother left a comment a few days back saying: "Managed to cross [the US] faster than Lewis and Clark! Good for you!"
Naturally, we started thinking of reasons we were able to cross the US so much faster than Lewis & Clark or the people riding covered wagons across the Oregon trail. We came up with this list while hiking through Whistler, and it seemed a lot funnier then than it did when actually putting it together. With that said, here is our take on why we were able to cross the trails so much faster:
So, there it is. For those still keeping track, we've driven about 4500 miles at this point. Tonight we'll take the ferry from Prince Rupert, arriving in Juneau late tomorrow night. We'll spend Wed night and Thurs night in Juneau, and then hop back on the ferry to Haines, AK. We'll then get back in the car and drive from Haines to Haines Junction (back in Canada! The Yukon territory!) and then to Tok and Anchorage.
That means a total of 4 border crossings, 3 subway sandwich stops, a ton of "moose xing signs" (no joke. these litter the road between Prince George and Prince Rupert like deer crossing signs in MI), 2 bears, 2 moose, and a very wet tent!
Talk to you all in a few days!
Where do you sleep on the ferry? NOT in the car????
ReplyDeleteAll those hours of playing oregon trail paid off! Have an easy voyage
ReplyDeleteHaha I like the navigation system.
ReplyDeleteSteven, Tammy--this is Uncle Ed and Aunt Karen, we are enjoying your blog.
ReplyDeleteDid you see our patient, Brock Mealer, walk the Wolverines on to the field? Go Blue!