Adventure Begins...Sailing S/V ORCA From California to Alaska.....

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After settling into the cabin I decided to go check out the season's first dinner/concert at the Village Bakery across the street.

The owners were nice, food was good and the place was hopping to the music...

BBQ'ing the wild game sausage, onion and mushrooms...

 

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The tree behind the cook....I wondered if the people whose initials are on it are still together....

Some of the dishes...

My plate and beer...

Sat on this table. These youngsters were in Haines Junction to study squirrels... The study had been ongoing for 20 years...

 

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Little dancer...

Some of the players....

Kathleen, the singer and a friend....

Some of the dancers....

The youngest person enjoying the party is seven weeks old....

 

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Good time had by all...

The entertainers forgot the melody and this man hummed it to them...it was funny and all laughed...

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Gotta run again. Next posts will have an abundant of wild life I saw the next day...moose...many black bears, brown bears, buffalo and even a huge grizzly...

Have a great day...

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[338375]

Thanks for taking the time to share your trip. The pictures are incredible.
Even though it has been over 5 years since I was in Alaska, seeing the pictures made me feel like I had just left...

I noticed you mentioned you are coming to Bend, Oregon.
I'll keep an eye out for your pickup. Shouldn't be hard to spot with Alaska plates.

Do you have friends or family here ?

 

[Ed Gordon]

I just wanted to chime in again. I am continuing to enjoy your thread. Lots of great pictures and thoughtful commentary. You should turn your journey into a book! You have a very nice way of describing everything.

 

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Thanks for taking the time to share your trip. The pictures are incredible.
Even though it has been over 5 years since I was in Alaska, seeing the pictures made me feel like I had just left...

I noticed you mentioned you are coming to Bend, Oregon.
I'll keep an eye out for your pickup. Shouldn't be hard to spot with Alaska plates.

Do you have friends or family here ?

Thanks for the nice comment and thanks for your phone number. Unfortunately our schedules didn't match this time.
I'll give you a call when I retrieve my truck from California and drive back to Alaska. Maybe we can go eat at one of those great places then...

 

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I just wanted to chime in again. I am continuing to enjoy your thread. Lots of great pictures and thoughtful commentary. You should turn your journey into a book! You have a very nice way of describing everything.

I'm glad you enjoy this thread. Thank you so much for the nice comment. It made my day...

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...as the evening drew to an end, I left to my little cabin. This was the view on the way..

Next morning comes quickly and it's time to head out of town. This is what it looks like on the east side of town...

Few miles further...

The long, lonely road goes on and on...

 

[338375]

Thanks for the nice comment and thanks for your phone number. Unfortunately our schedules didn't match this time.
I'll give you a call when I retrieve my truck from California and drive back to Alaska. Maybe we can go eat at one of those great places then...

Absolutely... I'm sorry the schedules didn't work out.
I'm looking forward to it. Its great to see the pics, but I'd like to hear the stories too

 

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I was so glad to see some wildlife...Here is a little one....

...a bit closer up....

....maybe not quite so little....

 

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Few miles down the road I spitted these two. They were on the side of the old hwy and I got off the road to see if I could get a few pictures of them....

This was the only one as they high-tailed out into the woods....


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Little by little the landscape started to change subtly....

More birch trees....

...less snow on the mountains and the ruggedness was disappearing...

 

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What an interesting fence....built totally out of dead trees....I bet it's effective...

 

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A little pond...

Funky road...You feel like you're on a roller coaster on the flat-land

Getting closer to White Horse....almost there...

 

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Finally White Horse...and maybe even a place to stay for the night....

White Horse Airport....

Oops, someone missed the runway....

...just kidding.....



Being an old pilot, I had always wanted to fly one of these birds...I think they are beautiful....

 

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The size of this paddle-wheel is amazing...Imagine the size of the boat it came from...

 

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Well, White Horse was not the place to stay. I checked out the motels and they were all $100 or more.
The evening was young and I decided to continue on the drive until something better came along, if anything would....

...and I'm glad I did as I have never in all my miles driven, seen so much wild life that I was to see on the next leg of the journey.

I have to downsize the pictures to show them to you but I can't do it right now as I have to leave this motel in 10 minutes.

Have a wonderful day....

 

[Velitrius]

I'm close to 3 ports on the way back up. Astoria, Oregon....... South Bend, Washington....... Westport, Washington.

You feel like hittin' any of those, you give me a heads up. I'll buy the first round of microbrews and shake your hand. Got a buddy who'll slobber all over your bowsprit too.

Take care my friend, and enjoy every inch of your trip.

 

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I'm close to 3 ports on the way back up. Astoria, Oregon....... South Bend, Washington....... Westport, Washington.

You feel like hittin' any of those, you give me a heads up. I'll buy the first round of microbrews and shake your hand. Got a buddy who'll slobber all over your bowsprit too.

Take care my friend, and enjoy every inch of your trip.

Looking forward to it and to meeting you and your friend who appreciates a classic Herreshoff ketch PM me your phone number and we'll contact you when we get near your area. We will avoid Colombia River because of the bars and will check the charts to see where we can make landfall.

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