7/29/1991 - Monday

John:  We slept in this morning and then had pancakes and bacon outside for breakfast.  We renewed our same camp spot.  We went into Jackson Hole and went to all the shops.  We ate lunch at the Cadillac Grille.  Pretty nice place and good food.  Around mid-afternoon we got some groceries and went back to our camp spot.  We decided to check out the river that runs a ways back of our spot.  The kids had fun in a very shallow off shoot of the river.  They caught tiny salamanders.  There was a nice deep spot on the river which I tried to swim in... but the current was too swift.  We caught some rays for a while, then walked back to our spot.  We ate a late supper so it was too late and weather getting too bad to have a fire.  We stashed the wood we cut up into our roof carrier for some other night’s fire.  (The roof carrier is really falling apart but I think it will make it home.)  The nights now are back to normal and that now seems a little bit strange to us.  Oh well, guess we’ll get used to it again along with getting re-acclimated to the altitude.  We only drove 27 miles today... into Jackson Hole and back. 

ODOM:  31462

Karen, Susan &                  Kari

at the Jackson Hole Town Square

Susan & Kari playing in the river.

Kari & Susan in their swimsuits in the river.

 

7/14/1991 - Sunday

John:  We drove to the next town today after we soaked in the free Liard River Hot Springs.  This and the campground is a Canadian Provincial Campground... (we've stayed in a lot of these as they are so nice).  Anyway, the hot springs are free of charge!  They are a natural hot spring(s).  They start a little river... you walk to them by a board walk through the forest for about 1/2 mile.  The hot springs are crystal clear and really hot!  It’s 120 degrees (or more) where it comes out of the ground!  It was fantastic!!  There was a cooler spot down the river where the kids could stand it.  This is a stop you don’t want to miss.  Further up the path was another hot spring pool (natural pool that is) that was only about 100 degrees... and deeper.  It was a great spot.  We soaked for over 3 1/2 hours... then drove to the next town called Moncho Lake.  We are camped right on the shore of this beautiful lake.  The water is also crystal clear, light green and blue.  They say the fishin’ is good here, so I bought a license, but didn't get anything today.  Will give it another try in the morning.  I had to get a six day license, so maybe we can try a few more times on down the road.  It’s pretty rainy beginning around 1:00, and is raining pretty good now (9:00 PM).  There’s a lot (millions & billions) of “black flies”... they are a lot like mosquitoes.  They swarmed us when we first got here... but have pretty much left us alone after we put stuff on.  We drove a whopping 38 miles today!!

ODOM:  29158

Susan & Kari swimming in the hot springs.

John soaking in the heat of the hot springs!

7/4/1991 - Thursday

John:  We drove south towards Anchorage about 214 miles.  We are camped at Riverside Campground in Houston, Alaska.  By the Little Susitna River.  We got fishing licenses but no luck so far.  We saw a moose today.  It rained this morning and is now raining hard tonight.  Hope this rain is happening where all the fires are.

ODOM:  27748

 

Kari:  I found a little frog today and I named him Speckle.  I wanted to keep him. but I had to let him go.  Dad took two pictures of him before I let him go.  I really did love that frog.

Unfortunately, the photo of the frog that Kari loved so dearly didn't make it into the photo album.

6/23/1991 - Sunday

Kari says:  that when mommy opens the cabinet door Dad’s favorite chips fall down on his head.  On a walk with Daddy when Daddy was talking to another camper from Colorado, Kari found a small spider that had a very neat round web.

John:  We drove 195 miles today mostly following the Skeena River -This area we covered today looked a lot like Colorado... A lot of Yanks at this campground all going on the ferry to Alaska.  Nice campground - a lot of nice trails through the thick dark forest.  We walked to the docks next to the ferry slips & looked at a lot of fishing boats.  We also asked if we could go aboard a Canadian Coast Guard boat (56 ft).  The crew gave us a tour of the boat & gave us cookies & apple juice.  We are looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning.  We got to Prince Rupert around noon - the weather was overcast all day.

ODOM:  26487

Susan:  We saw Bald Eagles when we were driving to our camp ground.  I can’t wait till the ferry boat ride.

Susan, John & Kari in front of CCGS Point Henry in Prince Rupert, BC.

Kari, Karen & Susan at Prince Rupert, BC.

6/17/1991 - Monday

Susan: We drove 618 miles. We are 211 miles from Portland, Oregon. I can’t wait to see Annie.

Kari says: Bridge over the river is spooky cause you can see down through it to the river.

John: Uneventful day. Most of Idaho was pretty bleak the way we went (RT84). A lot of driving. Ran into a real asshole at the first camp ground we stopped at here in Pendleton... Don’t know what his problem was - We went to another spot on down the road... by a river of course.

ODOM: 24950

6/15/1991 - Saturday

Karen: We left home 8:30 A.M. Had a good trip to Glenwood Springs. Swam at the hot pool all afternoon... beautiful day! Camping at Rock Gardens tonight... a spot by the river (Colorado River).

Kari says: The best things about today are watching the trains & swimming.

Susan: On the road we saw trains with an open box car. 3 bums were standing in there! At Campground eating we watched a train go by. Under a semi on a flat-bed 2 bums were sitting under one & one under another. They waved at us.

John: I burned the bottom of my feet on the hot cement walking from the camper to the hot springs - ouch! It was crowded at the pool as it was such a nice day. The Colorado River seems to be running high.

ODOM: 24026

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Rock Gardens Campground

1308 County Road 129

Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9736

(907) 945-6737