Time Zones and a Grizzly

Time zones and the time of the year are going to be a challenge.  We are in Mountain Time now, will soon go into Pacific Time, then shortly into Alaska Time, which is 4 hours behind our friends and family in the Eastern Time Zone.  We will try not to call you too late if you promise not to call us too early.  Chuck and I were sitting playing cards this evening, and it was still light outside.  Looked at the clock and it was after 11:00 PM.  Daylight will extend even later when we get to Alaska.

The next several days will be spent preparing to join the caravan in Dawson Creek, British Columbia.  We start traveling with the caravan on the 17th.  Probably won't do anymore blogs until we are several days into the caravan since the first few days are just overnight stays as we work our way to Chicken. AK.  Looking forward to traveling with 21 other RVs.  Our friends, Phil and Karon Millonzi, are going to be the tailgunners on the trip, so we will know someone.  I am sure we will meet many others.  We have several exciting activities scheduled, so I am sure the blog will get interesting.

On our drive to Grande Prairie today, we were driving through an area where caribou are frequently seen.  Chuck has an uncanny ability to see things even while he is driving, so we were both keeping our eyes peeled looking for the caribou.  Passing an open area, Chuck says--there is one, no wait that is a bear.  He spotted a very large grizzly bear not far off of the road.  We pulled off and were able to take a few pictures.  Not being sure if he was going to come closer to the road, we didn't wait to see.  Never did see a caribou. Just wanted to share the pictures...