Homeward bound, into the Yukon

Sept 15 Day 46
Well we said a sad farewell to Alaska today we are on our way home.  We do miss home, but we will also miss our adventure.
Although we saw the northern lights once in Hatcher Pass and again in Fairbanks, we will never forget the awesome beauty when they light up the whole sky, your eyes and mind can't comprehend the beauty and the movement.  Dom got a poor photo because he didn't quite figure out his camera and I think we were so excited about seeing them that we couldn't stop looking.  It's the moving across the whole sky that is the wonder of the world.  If you look up the site --gi.alaska.edu--- you will see the forecast for the lights in Alaska.  We followed it till our last night here hoping to see more.  but alas more cloudy rainy days.  The forecast tells us that they are there, but the weather predicts if you will see them.
We also met lots of wonderful people here but because of the weather people did not hang outside of their RVs as much as we would have liked.  I would have liked to ask them where they were from and what they saw and what they would like to see.  The people we did find were very helpful and caring.  They wanted us to have the time of our lives and I would like to have told people what we did and what we saw too.  I have lots of thank you to write and people I hope to hear from again.  If you asked did you come at the right time?  Yes we wanted to see those light so our chances were better at this time, the RV parks are closing for the season as we drive out their doors.  But no if you want to have sunny warm days.

although the iPhone takes some awesome photos nighttime is a failure

This is the envelope you put 5 of 10 dollars in to spend the night at a state campground

you put the stub in your windshield and the money in a box, the ranger comes and checks it out

there are a zillion perfect Xmass trees in Alaska, I wanted to take one home and put it in the freezer

Our last day we went to this antique park with lots of old memories some too old for me like this cash register

one of our last photos of Alaska love that blue water

It says The Yukon- Larger then life (and it is)

This is the Yukon

The story of the history of the Yukon

these picnic tables are designed so a wheelchair could fit under one side, these people love their old people.

this would look cute on my patio

Cora, a native Athabaskan welcoming us to the Yukon

In the yukon when there is road construction you get an escort

The border patrol

The mountain range of Denali National park runs from the Aleutian Islands to the Yukon

A moving target, I think our motorhome scared the whole herd of elk on the side of the road.