AHOY!

Greetings friends and family!

We are currently in Whitehorse, YT staying in a renovated VW van at the Beez Kneez hostel. To arrive here we journeyed through (* denotes places we slept): Minneapolis, MN*; Fargo, ND; St. Malo Provincial Park, MB*; Winnipeg, MB; Good Spirit Provincial Park, SK*; Saskatoon, SK*; Edmonton, AB*; Jasper National Park, AB*; Dawson Creek, BC*; Toad River, BC*; Dawson Peak Resort (Teslin, YT)* [if you have the time you should read some info about the owner of this place - built the entire place with his bare hands - no tools! ha]; and we stayed in Whitehorse, YT last night and will again tonight. From here we will head south into Alaska to Skagway and possibly Haines, Juneau, and Glacier Bay. And from there it is back north along the Klondike Loop to Dawson City, YT into Alaska through Chicken, AK, to Tok, AK, and onto Fairbanks, AK.

It has been quite a lot of driving but the scenery, people, and experience has been great. We stayed with a former nun (probably) in Saskatoon, a friendly, Polish family in a large home that was once a convent, and we have encountered numerous, silly Canucks along the way. We unwittingly ostracized ourselves at the Hostel-International in Jasper National Park by bringing our Cup-O-Soups and bread onto the backyard deck whilst a black bear was 20 yards away. The hostel employee turned and with a tone of disgust and bewilderment she sternly said, in her thick Canadian accent, "uh guys, no food around the bears." As the onlookers laughed we walked back inside with our tails between our legs.

Maybe some photos soon. I hope all of you are having an exciting summer. More updates to come. Over and out.

Love,

Chris and Karyn