Monday, August 29, 2011

In Houston! Temp is 54 and raining.

At the end of yesterdays blog I stated we would be in Houston soon.  We're here!  Houston, British Columbia.  Nice little RV park with really good wifi so there WILL be some bear pictures tonight.

While in Alaska Abby spent hours on the phone with ATT working on a cell phone plan for Canada.  Had to pay extra but that was ok because we got a really good plan with texting, data and call minutes.  We are just 3 days from crossing back into the U.S. and we have YET to have any cell phone service.  I don't want to be the ATT service rep that gets to talk to Abby!

Tomorrow we will be splitting off from Ken and Debbie.  They will continue on to Jasper NP for a few extra days and we will be turning due south at Prince George heading for the border with the crossing planned for Thursday. 

So tonight will be the "last supper" with Ken and Debbie.  It's been a fun 3 months and we have had a lot of great times and will have memories that will last forever.

We may stop in Prince George and get our tire rotated and the front tires spin balanced as the vibration is getting really bad at 55mph.

Not much to add at this point except the bear pictures.  While driving from Hyder Alaska this morning we saw this young grizzly just loping along the highway.  He didn't want to leave the road and there was a large rest stop to the left so we pulled over and just drove along with him until he finally decided to depart.  It is amazing despite their size just how graceful and QUICK these bears can be.  Enjoy.




This guy was a traditional colored grizzly.  At Fish Creek where the bears are feasting on salmon they have grizzly's that are black. 




We also saw a young Black Bear along the road today.  They are much smaller than a grizzly.
We spotted this little one after the grizzly.
Ansel Abby was at it again this afternoon.