Ed Busse

The Alaskan (Klondike) Gold Rush came about 40 years after the rush in California.  Miners came by the droves to stake claims and make it rich but the majority didn’t.  However many towns became established during this time for support systems and transportation hubs. Katrina, Keenan and I went out Read more

Keenan arrived on Saturday at 2am.  I lost the straw pull between Katrina and myself, therefore I went to get him.  His bags took forever to get, you would think that at that time of day and very few flights in/out it would be faster.  Nope.  We got back to Read more

The Riverview RV Park in Badger, Alaska just outside of Fairbanks is a nice place to stay.  Good thing because we had eight days booked here.  Time to catch our breathe, stock up on supplies, and wait for the kids to come join us for a week.  It is very Read more

Tok (pronounced toke), Alaska is a crossover stop for the unofficial “loop”.  This loop connects Tok with Fairbanks with Anchorage and on back to Tok.  We would follow the loop over the next few weeks. We were excited to get back into a town, we were wrong.  Tok is more Read more

So the “wall” between Canada’s Yukon Territory and Alaska is a 20 feet cleared line of trees that extends for miles.  I’m not sure how we keep all of those undesirable Canadians out of Alaska, but it seems to work.  Here are some pictures: Immigration was a few miles down Read more