July 27 ~ almost HOME~Home is where the Military sends us~

  Day 4~July 24....we show up at the ferry after lunch, 3 hours early, and head in for our tickets, Passports in hand, filling out customs forms....etc....then we wait, watching trains go by and just hanging out....then we have to drive through US customs, stopping to explain we are moving etc....yes we got our I-94 paper work....then we wait what seems like forever.  Then they start loading the vehicles....not like BC ferries...they pull this car and that car and then a trailer....etc....sure glad the guy knew what he was doing because I was confused....but with the one hour back time change, we leave 1/2 hour late....I think.
We headed for our cabin....it was great, we spent time down stairs, and watching the sights, headed for dinner, then hung out before heading to bed for the night, with the ferry stopping in Ketchikan.

  Day 5~July 25.today the ferry...making stops in Wrangell in the AM, then Petersburg, both fast stops, unable to get off the ferry. Making our way up to Juneau, with a 2 hour stop, we decided to stay on the ferry, and time just flew by.  Loved seeing the Glacier, and taking pictures.  Later DD and I are walk around the ship on the deck, and the Captain makes an announcement, about humpback whales on the left side (Port)....so us talking to some people we meet on the ferry, we head to watch the pod of whales...feeding.....DH and DS catch up with us, they had took video with DH's iphone....they thought we had missed them...it was a wonderful end to our trip.  We head for dinner then for a short nap before getting to Haines at 12:45am....then head for our hotel.... 

  Day 6~July 26 ~ up and on the Road again...Heading for the Canadian border then 5 mins from border, we have to turn around for Gas...not going to make it until the next station..so we have to heading back through the US border....then back after gas ($5.19us gallon) not cheap ....so we are back on the road again....make it through Canadian border again.....and we are on our way.  We saw Eagles, Brown (Grizzly bear) with a cub maybe two, black bears, and one Moose with an amazing rack on our journey to Tok, Alaska. 
  Day 7~July 27 ~ wake up in Tok, had breakfast and the truck is packed....DH loves to put everything back in....NOT.....We start driving around 8:30am, heading for North Pole, Fairbanks and then Denali Park. We saw one casualty around 9:30am, a Moose (female) and a car hit each other...and they both lost.....I will post pictures soon...as we now have card working....the Mason's out... y'alll =)