Going Home

Tonight we’re outside of Flagstaff at the campground where we stopped for lunch the day we left for Alaska. Tomorrow we’ll be home and the Alaska odyssey will be over. That’s not a bad thing, we really miss our family and will be happy to be home and back to normal (if we were ever normal in the first place). Believe it or not (those of you who know Jan will believe it), Jan is supposed to be playing softball in Prescott this weekend and he’s actually going to be able to do it. He’ll miss the morning games but will be able to play in the afternoon and on Sunday. He cracks me up.

The trip was everything we imagined and more. We’ve seen so much beauty that we’re still just in awe. The journey was made more enjoyable by sharing it with old friends (Gerry & Nancy) and with the people we met along the way. We found that as we went along, we ran into some of the same people because we were all doing the same trip. Everyone was so happy and excited about what was to come.

There are places we visited that we’d like to go back to and spend more time. The Kenai Peninsula is one of those places, along with Haines. There are so many towns on the Peninsula and we especially liked Homer, Homer Spit, and Seward – we could spend a lot of time in those cities. There are ferries from Homer Spit that go to some small islands; we didn’t have an opportunity to do that but it’s something we will do when we go back. Haines would be a good place to set up camp and then take the ferries to visit Juneau and Skagway – we would love to spend more time in Haines.

We won’t be taking anymore 2 month trips; we’re such home bodies we just can bear being away that long. It worked out fine for this particular trip because we went so many places and drove so many miles that we needed that much time to do it. We highly recommend Alaska, the Canadian Rockies, & British Columbia – you don’t need to do them all at once unless you want to.

I hope you all enjoyed reading about our adventures!