Alaska to Spokane and back 5000 Mile family road trip.

[matt s]

We loaded up the suburban (stock) and our little 12' travel trailer and spent 3 weeks on the road to see my wifes family. The following are some pics with captions from the trip. Not off road but certainly covered some ground.


One of the dozens of black bears we saw along the way.
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Cute little fella
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The following are from the miners town of Barkersville
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Had to stop and see Grand Coulee Dam
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A sunset in southern BC wine country
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More to come

[matt s]

We camped at Okanagon Lake (spelling?). One of the nicest campsites we had.
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Stone Mountain displayed plenty of Stone Sheep to photograph.
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Sticking His tongue out at me! The nerve!!!
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A really pretty waterfall and I cannot remember where it was or what it was called!
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Lush vegitation on the boardwalk up to Laird hot springs
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My lovely ladies bathing in the "cool" end of the springs.
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The girls again this time at Kluane lake. What an amazing place.
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My boy Finn really needed to RUN
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More to come

[matt s]

The dogs needed to swim and Nikki apparently picked up a cigar smoking habit ;-)
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Really a pretty place
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Pretty horses in BC
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and finally the Bison. HOLY CRAP THESE THINGS ARE HUGE!!!!!!!!
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I could write about the road, but basically we got on the road early in the day and quit every afternoon with time to play. 6 people and two dogs in a suburban and a little trailer makes for tight quarters. Ship shape rules and getting our set up and break down procedures finely tuned made a big difference. It was wonderful carefree family time without the stresses of the job, no cell coverage, no computers, just good old fashioned camping. Fires, smores, tang, grilling, sight seeing and on and on.

The customs people in Canada couldn't believe we drove all that way for a "short" vacation in Spokane with family. They didn't get that the vacation was the trip.

[matt s]

Leif and Iselin at Kluane Lake. I forgot about this one as it was on my phone.
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[TACO721]

cool trip man. you driving the ALCAN highway? thats right most the time the trip it self is an adventure and vacation it self. in a few years i plan to drive my(hope to still have it) ’07 toyota tacoma, from east TN to alaska.

[matt s]

Yes the Alcan, although we took the Cassiar on the way south and 97 north up to Ft St John on the way back.

[AFSOC]

Great looking trip. Love the photos.

[upndown]

Mom and baby girl bobbing in the water....Priceless!! Beautiful family in beautiful places.