The only way to drive from Kantishna to Juneau is... back the way we came... through Canada.
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Alaska is like you favorite bar in college: its quirky and run-down and held together with cracking linoleum. And by some miracle almost everywhere has LTE.
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Way back in the Tetons, Mom declared that she wanted to go zip lining. I laughed and said, "yeah, we'll do that" thinking she'd change her mind. Nope...
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Jinks at Snowgoose Pond B&B knows the way to my heart; she made homemade biscuits for me again. Leaving Palmer for Denali was bittersweet.
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The squawking crows woke us and we did our morning things. I also repacked the car and forced mom to condense the unnecessary items into one bag - rather than having to unload 4 small bags, I could just unload one.
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We drove the Icefields Parkway (Alberta 93) from Banff to Jasper. Along the way, we saw latent, glistening snow and heard the leaves of aspens glitter in the wind nestled among evergreens.
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We set out for the bus stop shortly after 7am so that we could make it to the Banff Gondola for our 8:10 lift up Sulphur Mountain. It was 46 degrees (Fahrenheit).
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We were up and waiting at Rising Sun campground for a site by 5:45. We made the 7th car in line. By 7am, we'd collected at least 10 more cars behind us in line.
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We headed out of Kalispell too quickly without getting to enjoy their quaint, yet modern, downtown.(Not quickly enough though, because I happened to eat a bad boiled egg at the Econo Lodge. I know you’re saying, “Why would you eat eggs at the Econo Lodge?” I’m still wondering that myself.)
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Well... this is the second time I've written this post due to the lovely internet here in Kalispell. I'm sure this one won't be as cleverly written as the previous....
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Turns out the historic district of Idaho Falls will charm your socks off with its beautiful walking park just on the other side of the river. After grabbing some pastries at La Vanilla Bean, we headed towards Salmon.
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Due to the bison traffic directors yesterday, we didn't make it to Old Faithful. The end all be all was to see Old Faithful today. Success!
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After making coffee and breakfast with the Jetboils, we set out to see all of the sights.
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We made a wrong turn leaving Cody which ended up being an unwanted hour detour. The cutest little visitor’s center welcomed us to Newcastle, WY (which also happens to double as the town’s Chamber of Commerce).
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My mouth is watering writing about this...The caprese salad was so good, that I ordered it again for desert and I ate the entire thing myself.
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Day 5 has been the most epic of days so far. My eyes opened at 4:45 am to see the cotton candy sunrise. I grabbed the tripod and my bag and set out on foot -
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We drove 287 miles to end up in a beautiful hell of 113 degrees (that's Fahrenheit for my Canadian friends).
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We set out from Dallas around 9am this morning. We made it 373 miles to Wichita after stopping in Oklahoma City to visit the memorial.
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