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Days 53-56: A Spit, An Icefield of Glaciers and Russian Old Believers
Wildlife Bingo Sea Otter Bald Eagle nest with chicks Highlights Views from Homer Homer Spit Hiccups Husband's head cold Quick stop in...

Karen Derrick-Davis
Jun 243 min read
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Days 46-52: More time with The Great One & A Couple of Close Calls
Wildlife Bingo Caribou Porcupine Grizzly Red Fox Moose Dall Sheep Willow Ptarmigan Spruce Grouse Canada Jay Junco Bald Eagle Short-billed...

Karen Derrick-Davis
Jun 95 min read
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Days 39-45: The Arrival of the Kids!
Wildlife Bingo Moose Black Bear Sea Lions Seals Tufted Puffins Sea Otters Dall Sheep Humpback Whales Porpoises Bald Eagles Highlights...

Karen Derrick-Davis
Jun 48 min read
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Days 36-38: A Braided River, An Old Mining Town & A Glacier
Wildlife Bingo 3 Grizzlies First moose! Bald Eagle Highlights walk to Root Glacier Kennicott ghost town mountain views of Wrangell-St...

Karen Derrick-Davis
Jun 26 min read
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Days 33-35: Valdez, Alaska
Wildlife Bingo • nesting Trumpeter Swans!! • Bald Eagles • porcupine on Goat Trail Highlights • Keystone Canyon (so many waterfalls!) •...

Karen Derrick-Davis
May 203 min read
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Days 29-32: Alaska!
Wildlife Bingo Black Bears Caribou Rock Ptarmigan Swans Dahl Sheep Marmot? Hare  Highlights White Pass Caribou walking yellow line in...

Karen Derrick-Davis
May 187 min read
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Day 26-28: The Cassiar Highway (Gitwangak/Kitwanga to Iskut to Watson Lake, Yukon Territory)
Wildlife Bingo Grizzlies! Black Bears Caribou Otter Highlights meeting fellow travelers GRIZZLIES for Mothers' Day! Caribou beautiful...

Karen Derrick-Davis
May 124 min read
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Day 25: Yellowhead Hwy (Prince George to Kitwanga)
Wildlife Bingo Deer 2 coyotes Mama Black Bear & 3 cubs Highlights seeing our first bear! great & free municipal campground Hiccups a...

Karen Derrick-Davis
May 123 min read
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Day 23-24: Sea to Sky & Caribou Highways
Wildlife Bingo Bald Eagle Robins Canada Geese with goslings Highlights the views just out of Vancouver on the Sea to Sky Highway Marble...

Karen Derrick-Davis
May 102 min read
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Day 21-22: Oh! Canada!
Wildlife Bingo Card Bald Eagle Humpback whale California Seal Starfish Great Blue Herons galore Seagulls Highlights easy border crossing...

Karen Derrick-Davis
May 76 min read
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Day 16-20: Washington with Friends
Wildlife Bingo (Thanks to my son for the renaming of this section!) Stellar Sea Lions California Sea Lions Bald Eagles California Quail...

Karen Derrick-Davis
May 72 min read
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Days 8-15: Big Foot Country
Highlights: Bald Eagle flying through our campsite (too fast for a photo!) Remains of a 1906 shipwreck on the beach Multnomah Falls The...

Karen Derrick-Davis
May 14 min read
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Day 5-7: Hello, Pacific!
Wildlife several Bald Eagles Crowned Sparrow American Crow Brown Pelicans Great Blue Heron gulls seals and sea lions my app identified...

Karen Derrick-Davis
Apr 213 min read
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Day 2-4: Three Days, Three States
Wildlife Blue Bird Antelope/Pronghorn gulls hawks Eastern Meadowlark crows Wild Turkeys chipmunks Robins Great Blue Herons Magpies...

Karen Derrick-Davis
Apr 184 min read
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Day 1: Traveling through Ski Country to Colorado's Fruit Basket
Wildlife List hawks (red tails and others I could not identify) mountain goats turkey vultures crows great blue heron magpies deer...

Karen Derrick-Davis
Apr 152 min read
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On the Road Again...Alaska, or Bust!
Our next big road trip begins tomorrow -- 11,000 miles to Alaska and back! For the past two months, we have been busy with a combination...

Karen Derrick-Davis
Apr 143 min read
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