On the Enchanted Highway

Regent, North Dakota

The following sculptures were scattered along a country road filled with
hay and wheat fields. I'll put a report in the written blog.
Absolutely unbelievable!!!!

For Geese in Flight

Geese in flight

The World's largest metal sculpture.

These line both side of the road leading to the big one.

Teddy rides again.

Teddy was made out of pipe. Stagecoach was made from wood.

Beautiful birds!

To give you an idea of size

The tin family

I loved this one

Look at the detail on these huge fish

Ken, not even you catch them this big!

Nice deer, no hunting!

Grass Hopper???

Rachel M.,I hope you are reading this. Ever known a Hopper this big?

Official Sign

Roosevelt National Park

We camped here one night and took the 32 mile ride around the loop
road. It was filled with scenery like this.

Badlands in Roosevelt National Park

Roosevelt National Park

This wild horse tried to stick his head in my window!

Looked like a frog

Interesting sandstone art by Mother Nature. On Hwy 42 cutting through
the country heading for North Dakota

Road art in Montana

This guy had bears, buffalo, and assorted other animals. They were for
sale.

Close up of horses at Blackfoot Reservation

These statues were made of old car parts

East Glacier, Montana

You can take tours in this old car at Glacier National Park

We saw a cougar in this park out on one of the roads

City of eagles

Small town in Idaho. They had two more but I missed them. I should
have turned around but didn't. Now I wish I had.

How about this one?

A small town in Idaho

August 1, 2010

The past few days have been tiring. Trying to drive a lot of miles and see the sights we want to see. A lot of driving over steep, winding mountain roads. We drove the Ice Fields Parkway and it took all day to go 130 miles. There we saw more glaciers than we could count. We made the hike up to the Athabascan Glacier for a closer look. On the side of the hill we saw 4 mountain goats that looked like specks. This is a big and beautiful area.
We went through some interesting towns such a Prince George. We hiked up to a forest called the Ancient Forest to look at some huge and very old trees. There we saw an interesting vehicle that is too big and tough to call an RV. Along the way we are taking random pictures of places and things we think are pretty, different, or just interesting. Bear with me as I post these pictures with no real story or report on a particular place. Has someone moved North Carolina?

There is a reason the call this the Ice Fields Highway

This road is in a National Park that runs from Lake Louise to Jasper,
British Columbia.
This is the Rockies at their best.

From the edge of the Athabascan Glacier

Beside the Tioga

The trail up on the left.

This is where the Athabascan glacier was in 1948

This picture was taken from beside where the Tioga was parked. This was
a long tough walk up on rough terrain.

The trial about half way up the Athabascan Glacier

Starting back down the hill from the Athabascan glacier

Tioga is the white dot way out from the parking lot, by itself. It was
tough walking going down, it was steep, and rocky.

Back in Alberta Canada

Sign from Ancient Forest

An after thought -one more picture of MAN vehicle

MAN "earth roamer" type vehicle

Mike and I are always interested in HD vehicles for exploring/survival.
This one is made by MAN a German company that makes all types of trucks
including Military.

Don't look like the 24's I see in Winston t

Size comparison

Beside a Ford F150, crew cab, long bed, 4x4

Map on M A N vehicle

I found this twisted tree interesting

Ancient Forest.

Big Tree

This was the biggest tree in the Ancient Forest. This forest is
protected as it contains many extremely large and centuries old fir
trees. This "walk" included over 300 feet of elevation change. It took
us about an hour to complete. We we all give out after that.
Immediately we started looking for a boon docking spot for the night.

Yellow Head Highway

Up here for some reason they like to name all the highways. That
includes in Alaska. Here we are on the Yellow Head Highway which is
Highway 16.

We saw several of these cars/trucks covered with flowers

This was also in the Prince George area.

Prince George Welcome Center

July 28 Driving and Totem Poles

Today we left Stewart around noon. We had not had phone service in forever but today we got to talk to Mike on Skype. Our washing machine gave up the ghost and flooded the kitchen and laundry room. Sibley alerted Mike and Lisa before in got the den. Mike and Lisa went and got us a new one. He got to shoot his .45 Model 1911 at a rat snake the other night a good time was had.
After talking to Mike we went and got gas and a few groceries. In spite of the late start we still got in 248 miles today. The Tioga continues to get good mileage at 9.68 mpg on this tank. That will decrease some as my speeds get over 60 mph with improving roads.
The drive out of Stewart is on a spur of Hwy 37, the Cassiar highway. That stretch is know as the Glacier Highway because it has so many Glaciers on it. Some come right down to the road. It is a beautiful drive.
Later in the day we stopped at two native villages about 10-15 miles apart to look at totem poles. The village of Gitanyow had a large collection of nice totems scattered over 1/2 a block. The village itself was run down. The village of Gitwangak had fewer totems but they are very old original totems. Sadly three of the old ones were on the ground with weeds growing around them while they waste away. They should be cared for by someone.
Within a couple of miles of the totems we completed our journey on the Cassiar Highway and turned on to the Yellow Head Highway, Hwy 16. The road conditions are much better than what we have seen for quite a while. Consequently speeds are a little faster also. The downside is the drivers are crazy on this road. This will take us on to Jasper National Park and the Ice Fields Parkway. From there we will make our final push to re-enter the US in eastern Washington about Monday. More miles tomorrow!

Actually I took this on the way out

Water falls and glaciers are everywhere on this road out of Stewart

The camera cannot show the sheer magnitude of this glacier

You can't believe how thick and how large these things are. The rivers
are flowing with the melting taking place. With binoculars you can see
water streams running down them and into holes as it falls to the river
below.

Bear glacier

Native Indian Village

An unkemp group of houses. The pavement was gone from one side of the
road to the center line. But they had a lot of totem poles. Go figure.

Sign in Gitanyow