Alaska -- Day 24

Today it rained and rained and rained. It started before 9 last night and continued till about 6:30 this evening. We had planned to drive on to Prince George today, but decided not to travel in the rain since we didn’t need to. So it was a very relaxing day.

This part of Canada had record snows last winter. And now we have experienced three days of rain since we got to the Canadian Rockies. The rivers are bank full and in places flooding. The campground at Lake Louise was evacuated because the Bow River was so high. We have seen mud slides on the road and we understand some secondary roads have been closed. The southwestern US is in a drought. It is a shame Canada can’t share some of this moisture.

So, how did we fill our day? We did our weight training exercises. I baked bread—something I haven’t done for ages. John worked on genealogy and I did some beading. John celebrated home communion this afternoon so we can travel tomorrow. It was a good day.

Alaska -- Day 20

Tuesday we had a quiet, laid-back day for our 47th wedding anniversary. We went downtown to the Food Court that has free wifi and I spent about an hour posting two blogs and sending some email, while John checked email and read some blogs.



We then walked around looking at the shops, but not buying anything. We were looking for a place to have lunch. We ended up at the Elk and Oarsman Grill and Pub for fish and chips and a local lager beer. We enjoyed the meal and thought it was a good way to celebrate this special day. It is always good to be with my best friend, no matter what we are doing.



We also went to a post office to mail some post cards. I had some old 49 cent Canadian stamps from a previous visit to this country and wanted to know how much postage I had to add to mail each card. Post cards are first class mail here and it costs $1.05 to mail a letter to the US! Ouch. And would you believe they even charge tax on stamps? We think email will replace postcards till we get to Alaska.