Look Out Florida Here We Come

We left this morning at 6:00 am and made it as far as Marion, Indiana. We will stay here for 4 days visiting friends and family. Then off to Alabama for a week.

The trip here was a good one with light traffic and only one incident. That was a globe off our celling fan fell off and broke. I never thought of checking them. but will from now on. Not bad for the maiden voyage.

I love the ease in setting this up. Just pull in, unhook, push auto level and it does it all by its self. A lot easier than the old one. Took about 10 minutes to level, hook up electricity, hook up the water and sewer. (Can't get much easier than that with hiring someone to do it for ya.)

More later.

How do we collect so much stuff ?

Well we have all are stuff in our new home. What I don't understand is where we got so much stuff. This 5th wheel is bigger and has larger storage area under it and we still have it packed in as tight as sardines in a can. I swear Denise is a magician cause she can make room when there is no more room. I have all the under storage packed full. We even made 3 trips to Good Will Store to help make room. If I ever decide to switch homes again, (I hope someone shoots me !!!!!!!!!!!!)

We are all packed and ready to head to Florida. Just waiting for the 26th as I have a Dental cleaning in St. Johns that morning. We will leave here early in the morning and stop for my appointment then head south.

The Matson's aren't in the new house yet, but the floors are all done. All they have to do now is the kitchen cabinets and move. Will be done with out us as we are ready to head south for fun in the sun.

Steelhead are in the River

The steelhead are in the river and wanting to play. Went out Saturday afternoon for a couple hours and this was my reward for my effort. One an 8 1/2lbs the other 12lbs. Not to bad for a rookie aye. (Just think what will happen when I learn what I'm doing.)

No I Didn't Fall Off the Face of the Earth

Hasn't been a lot to write about. Just been working on the campgrounds and enjoying the summer.

Salmon season has started and going good. Caught a few then boat broke and was in shop 3 weeks. Got it back now and fishing some.

The Matson's bought a house right next door to the campgrounds and we been remodeling it. They want to be into it by November 1st when we leave to go south.

Denise went out last Friday and bought a new home. Well I'm going to blame it on her. We got a 2012 Cedar Creek 34RLSA. Traded our Coachmen in on it. So far we LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, OK, I Will Update !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, so, it's been a while. Sue me. LOL. I got back from my Alaska trip on the 6th and been kinda busy. (Well it sounds good.) Haven't been that busy just lazy I guess. I have to be in the right mood to post or it doesn't come out good.

Anyway the trip to Alaska was better than I imagined it could be. Seeing the kids was GREAT and Dakota kept me entertained from the time I arrived till I left. She is so sweet and lovable you just can't get enough of her.

As I posted we took a trip up the Dalton Hwy. The trip was around 800 miles total and we had a good time. The first night we spent in Wiseman, Ak at a bed & breakfast. The cabin we rented was adjoined to another cabin by the bathroom so we had to share the bathroom. No big deal just knock before entering and all's well. The next night Katie was hoping we had our own bathroom and she got her wish. It was right out back of the cabin. A one room delight. (Yep an outhouse) But it was all our own !!!!! LOL. No running water to the cabin. If you wanted a shower you could run over to the inn and use the shared shower room. But we had our own Toilet.

We traveled up over the Artic Circle and the Contintal Divide to Atigun's pass. It was very rugged country and not a lot of places to stop and spend money. (No big tourist trap here. Just wide open country.)

If you go on this trip try to carry enough gas from Fairbanks to make a round trip as the gas in Fairbanks was &3.99 a gallon and the price on the Dalton Hwy. at the Coldfoot Truck Stop was $5.39 a gallon. Yep we bought $100.00 worth to make it back to civilation again.

We stopped at a few streams and fished for Graylings and even caught a few. One place we stopped Levi was showing off and catching them one right after another.

I put a few pics of the trip. One is of the area they call the roller coaster, another is of Atigun Pass and others are just some of the places like Oh Shit Corner.

Tired of typing now so we will stop for now and you all will have to wait till I feel it in my fingers to talk again.

Heading Up The Dalton Highway

The kids and I are going to drive the Dalton Highway. Leaving on Monday and driving as far as Atigun pass. Just want to see what the Ice Road Truckers are driving all winter. We will spend the night in Wiseman, Ak just north of Coldfoot, Ak. Coldfoot is a little over 1/2 way to Deadhorse, Ak. Should see lots of interesting roads on this drive as they call it a roll-a-coaster.

On Tuesday we are heading back south and will over to Manley Hot Springs and spend a night there.

Hope to see lots of wildlife on this trip and good scenery. On this trip we will cross the Arctic Circle the Continental Divide.

Will post about the trip when we get back on Wednesday or Thursday.

In Alaska

Well I didn't drive here like I would have liked to this year, but I'm here and loving it. The cost of driving compared to flying was a no brainer and I have a place to stay with my son and family. The trip here was a good one with no unexpected delays. All the flights were on time and relatively smooth. I did get a free dinner at a bar in Minnesota because the cook sent my order out to the wrong person and I was waiting forever till they realized what happened. It didn't matter to me, as I had a 3 hour lay over to kill anyways. Killed 2 hours in there and at airport prices I didn't mind it free, (and had a place to sit and watch TV in comfort.) LOL.

The kids and went out along the Chena river and tried to find some fish. The river was high and fishing was tough but had a good day despite no fish. Seen a lot of Alaska's wilderness. I saw a moose on the way there. After that we came back to the kids house and Levi caught a grayling in the pond in front of his house.

More later when it happens or when I get around to write it, which ever comes first.