update

Long time no blog, will start again soon. Will be traveling south and start in when settled

BACK IN ALASKA AND GLADS TO BE HOME

Well here we are back at the homestead and everything is still here and it survived the winter with no busted pipes or other damages. I went up to Northway with my friend Blake to look at a couple of mobile homes and after getting back we got a call and the native corporation accepted our offer on one unit and the other one has not been decided on yet. We are going back up there a week from next friday and getting the first one ready to move. We are installing carpet in the bedroom and front room of the cabin getting it ready to put up for sale with the intent of reinvesting in Arizona property for our eventual retirement. I am working on selling some property for Sam Bishop at Glennallen and have a potetial client to show it next week> Later, Cliff

North to Alaska

Left Olympia on Tuesday, May 4th in our motorhome pulling the car behind on a dolly, stopped at Bellingham and saw grandson Tony Gibson and then continued on into British Columbia and stayed overnight at 150 mile house (near Williams Lake). Got an early start on Wed and made it over to the start of the Cassiiar Highway which runs 420 miles through beautiful BC, we went to Bell Two resort and stopped for the night. Left at an early hour and saw many black bears, Moose, Caribou,Coyotes,Porkupines, Deer and Elk, we made it all the way to Haines Junction in the Yukon, Territory where we stopped and had dinner with some old friends of mine, Allen and Sue who have a restuarent there, they had just got back from a China visit where they had come from 24 years ago, a great dinner and good to see them. We were on the home stretch the next morning and got to the Alaska border around noon. We had a problem with the fuel filter so had a mechanic replace it at Tok, Alaska we got the bill after about a 15 minute job, it was $20.00 dollars for the filter and $62.50 labor a total of $82.50, the point being if you are going to go through Tok, Alaska get your fuel filter changed before you get there, ha,ha.We saw a lot more wild game on this leg of the trip, Sheep, Grizzly bear, etc but the most awesome thing was near Northway Alaska we came across a Moose that was pure white on it's front half, I will email pictures out after we get them downloaded from camera. Made it into son's place in Eagle River and went on home to Kasilof Saturday, long but enjoyable trip, Later, Cliff.

Headed north

We left Redding for Olympia and made it up close to the Oregon border when a fan blade came loose and went through the radiator, we called a tow truck and they took us back to Yreka, Calif where we spent the night and got it repaired the next day, we then went on up to Seven Feathers Casino and spent the night (didnt win any money) then on to Olympia with no further problems the next morning. The old motorhome seems to be in real good running order so we believe it will make the trip on to Alaska OK. Will spend a week or so here with Son Cliff and get some golf in and maybe a Mariners game before we leave. We will meet up with Sam and Joan Bishop in their motorhome up in British Columbia at Cache Creek and go on up the road to Alaska, look forward to a nice enjoyable trip. Will post again next week, later Cliff and Jeanne.

Update

We have been neglecting our blog so will try to catch up. Jeanne had to go back to the hospital for three days to find out that she did'nt have anything wrong with her, for which we are thankful. We have had a good time here in Redding seeing old time friends and relatives, Junior Mark came into Barnes and Nobel at my book signing, he is an old time friend and we went to dinner with he and his wife Helen, he had seen the ad in the paper that I was going to be there, it was great renewing our friendship. We have been working on the motorhome getting ready for the trip up the Alaska Highway, we will be going up with Sam and Joan Bishop and will keep a journal of the trip and put it in the blog when we arrive. This trip started on Sept 27th out of Fairbanks (2009) and due to Jeannes operation and recovery we still are not home. Will close for now--Later, Cliff.

Getting ready to travel back to Alaska

We have a book signing this saturday at Barnes and Nobel in Redding and will start getting the motorhome ready to head up the Alcan and home soon after. We have been enjoying the nice weather and warm sunshine the past week or so. I have plyed golf with my nephew Sam Bishop a couple of times and hope to do it again before leaving. We will be keeping the blog going on our trip north and will keep our eye open for the many varieties of wilodlife that we see on this trip, most of the time the wildlife is in the middle of the road and reluctant to move. This has been a very interesting trip,with Jeanne having the emergency operation it really changed our plans and delayed our return north, however all is well that ends well and we hope things keep on track from here on. Later, Cliff.

Renewing old friendships at book signing.

Went to Barnes and Nobel in Redding for book signing saturday and was totally surprised by the appearance of an old time friend from Palo Alto, Calif. who I had not seen or heard from since Dec of 1941, her name is Adele Hazeltine and she was the cousin of my girlfriend at that time Kay Keharas, we double dated with my friend George Walker and Adele and had some great times, almost 70 years have passed since we had seen each other. Another surprise was a very old and dear friend Junior Mark came by and we had a great visit and went to dinner with he and his wife Helen, we had worked together in the trucking buisness years ago and had lost contact many years ago, both of these people made it a great day for me. Will be doing another signing on the 20th, same place. Later, Cliff.