Days before we begin the Alaskan Trip

Now with only days to enjoy family on Prince Edward Island before starting the Alaskan trip a pre trip blog posting is in order. Ed begins his bucket list adventure on August 15. Before meeting Wayne and Frank he will have driven 2600 miles from Eastern Tennessee west through Missouri, north through eastern Nebraska, then further north into the hearts of South and North Dakota before turning northwest towards Billings, Montana. Ed will have his brother Jim as company and guide through the northern plain states and badlands.

On the 18th of August Wayne and Frank are scheduled to arrive in Calgary by noon and are expecting to see trusted Ed and Jim in the mid afternoon. At that point we’ll have a pow-wow, check the weather, so some supply shopping and decide how far to travel on TransCanada 1 and Rt 93 towards beautiful Jasper National Park before setting up camp. Jasper is 260 miles from the airport with Banff some 100 miles from Calgary along the way. Canmore is along the way and can be a potential overnight stop. We’ll see what happens.