August 8,-August 11, 2010 Fairbanks, Alaska to Denali Park Village, Alaska- 129 miles 65 & Sunny Days 79 - 82 We headed south today toward Denali National Park.Denali is larger than the state of Massachusetts.Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, is located here. As we headed south the terrain became more mountainous. We were 30 miles outside the park and we were amazed that we had views of Mt. McKinley still over 100 miles away.It dwarf...

July 29,- August 8, 2010 Fairbanks, Alaska 75 - 87 & Sunny Days 68 - 78 Fairbanks is a rough and ready city, full of outdoor activities.We noticed that the population is very young.The city seems full of young families and lots of children. The Chena River runs right through the middle of downtown.River rafting provides a lazy ride from one end of town to the other. We visited Pioneer Park.The park is a nicely done exhibit of original relocated gold rus...

July 29, 2010 - Thursday White River, Yukon Territory to Fairbanks, Alaska-340 miles 72o & Sunny Day 68 We hit the road early, refreshed and ready to do battle with the Alaskan Highway once more.Travelers coming from Tok and Fairbanks had told us that the worst portion of the road lay ahead.Their advice was go very slow.As predicted the road to Tok, Alaska was heavily damaged by frost heaves.The heaves could be 20' long, 2' wide, and almost a foot deep....

July 28, 2010 - Wednesday Whitehorse, Yukon Territory to White River, Yukon Territory -250 miles 68o & Sunny Day 67 This morning we buried our battery.The nice people at Kenworth gave birth to a new one.We have noticed that finding RV parts is not an easy task.Even something as simple as a battery took three tries.It's a battery.You see stacks of them at K-Mart, Sam's & Sears.Mention RV and the price goes up (I mean UP) and availability goes down....

July 27, 2010 - Tuesday Toad River, British Columbia to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory-474 miles 72o & Sunny Day 66 The road was in fairly good condition; much better than we expected based on the roads we traveled yesterday. Although early in the day the Alaskan Highway did decide to take our breath away once again. We traveled along Muncho Lake. The lake was gorgeous, long, narrow, and a beautiful blue green. We are told that the blue green color is from m...