Looking Back

Keeping a blog for thirty-three days has been interesting.  We know that some may think, "How arrogant and self-indulgent!"  Maybe that's true.  Sometimes we have cursed at it when we couldn't find the right words or pictures, but it always helped clarify the day's events.  Instead of, at the end of the day, plopping onto the bed and watching TV, we turned on the computer and went to work.  Even though we are veteran experience collectors, our desire to make the blog interesting encouraged us to seek out more off-beat places and go for pictures we might not ordinarily have taken the time to shoot.

We found Alaska and Western Canada clean and breathtakingly beautiful and the people exceptionally friendly and helpful. 

Thanks to the fellow "independent travellers" we met along the way--for moral support, good conversation, and the comparing of notes and tips.  We would especially like to mention: Larry and Marsha, from Southern California; Les and Alice, from South Dakota; and Roberta and Harold, from Texas.  We wish you many more happy travels.

Amid all the beauty of the places we saw, we often-remembered the words of a hymn we sing each Sunday at church:  "Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this Place''--indeed! 

One often hears people from various parts of the country proclaim that their state is "God's Country."  Alaska is truly one of His finest creations.



Final scoreboard:   States visited  15
                             Canadian provinces visited  2
                             Canadian territories visited  1
                             State license places seen  41
                             Total miles 10,830



Thank for bearing with us. 

You otter make the trek and see for yourself.