With Good Morning Vietnam snug as a bug in a rug in Deltaville, Virginia, we headed back to Texas. Gun Barrel City to be exact. We didn't take the most direct route but didn't dilly dally much. Here is a look at our route.
The reason I show this map is because I consider it the start of the very long road trip we have planned for the summer. This piece was 1,495 miles. We've stayed in Texas for a couple of weeks catching up with family and friends. An interesting aside, as we crossed back into Texas from Arkansas, we turned 30,000 miles on the truck we bought 8 months ago. Both Susan and I like road trips but I never thought we'd do that many miles so quickly. And there is more to come. Much more.
In the next few days we'll leave Texas again, this time heading West. From here we will make our way to Northern California to visit some friends and family before turning North and driving to Alaska. Yes, we're driving to Alaska. Talk about a road trip! We'll likely put 7,000 or 8,000 more miles on the truck before we get back to Texas. The short story on our trip is to drive the AlCan highway through Canada to Alaska, visit Fairbanks, Denali Homer and the Kenai Peninsula. The route back will be on the ferry, visiting Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan (spending a couple of days at each stop) and then getting off the ferry in Prince Rupert and making our way to Jasper and Banff before heading back to the US. Once back in the US we'll visit Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons before meeting up with friends in Montana for the total solar eclipse on August 21.
Here's a look at a portion of our route through Canada and Alaska.
That's it for now. I'm going to try and post more often and include lots of pictures as we get underway.
Take care.
Brian
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