Puppies will be puppies

When we walked into the hotel at our last stop, a sign read:

Pshh, right...like that's going to happen. There's also "no pets allowed on my couches" either but that never stopped them! Basically, they do what they want. I sure hope my pets aren't a reflection of me-or worse yet- of my future, hypothetical children. Oh, well...You pick and choose your battles in life and protecting this little hotel room furniture against doggy mayhem isn't really one I would choose to fight. Besides, they're being angels right now.

We left earlier, though and I can't say that they were good. Well, I can say that Holly was perfect because she always is! Drifter, on the other hand, is a completely different story. We drugged him for cryin' out loud and he's still being mischevious! Before we left, the vet gave us some tranquilizers to keep Drifter asleep while we travel- he's so restless (read: annoying). These magical pills had been working quite well so we decided it would be okay to leave our furry friends in the hotel room while we walked to the nearest restaurant. When we came back, we walked in the door to this-

Medication or none, puppies will be puppies! Drifter can't keep his eyes open but he can destroy a book like nobody's business.

We're in Haines now (where we'll be boarding the Ferry). I'll be out of a reach for forever about four days so if you don't hear from me--that's why! I'm going to work on some posts to schedule for you, but if I don't get them written you'll understand, right? I just knew you would!

Talk soon!

Cheeseburger 2010 and other tales...

Bonjour! From Canada :)

The last hotel we were at in Tok, Alaska boasted that they had wifi on a small piece of paper in the lower corner of the mirror. All you had to do was type in the password- "cheeseburger2010". It was at that moment when I looked over and said, "I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas (Fairbanks) anymore, Toto (Holly)."



Now, it's around 5:15 pm and I'm writing you from Canada. We happen to be ahead of schedule so we decided to stop in Haines Junction to relax a bit. The roads have been okay not ideal but not completely wretched either. As we drove into Canada, we felt a noticeable rise in temperature which I wasn't expecting. It was odd to see snow covered mountains, trees, and shorelines with waves crashing on a nearby lake. I'm walking around in a t-shirt so I'm welcoming the warmer temperature with open arms.

Here's a photo from close to the Alaska/Canada line:



3 Caribou just after crossing in front of us:



I'll be back soon with more tales from the Alcan...