Super excellent!

Quick update: We just spent three awesome days in the Wrangells. We camped under the wing at McCarthy two nights and flew into the May Creek public cabin and spent one night there after talking to George and Charlie who spent a night there the day before. Flew around the beautiful area and landed some of the strips in there. Pretty rough with 8.50's on some of them. Fist-sized rocks are probably better conquered on bushwheels. Toured Kennecott and had a great time hanging out in McCarthy. I have about 3,000 pictures to go through!

My wife needed to get back to work, so she's on a commercial flight from Anchorage tonight. The kids and I just arrived back in Tok and will camp here tonight, hoping to cross back into Canada tomorrow. Having a great time!

Thanks for keeping us updated. You've now sampled some of the most spectacular landscape on earth.

Be aware that it's addictive. You'll want to go back.

Glad to hear your kids are doing well....that long a trip can be a challenge for young ones. Good for you for introducing them to this world.

MTV

Epic time, man. More pics!

Kris
Saw from your DeLarme that you were camped at May Creek. Dropped over on the morning of the 18th but missed you. Hope you enjoyed your stay in McCarthy.

Nizina...excellent try. That would have been a truly epic meetup...

Just got caught up again on your trip--I am SO jealous! Glad you're having a great time.

Cary

So sorry we missed you, Nizina. Thanks for all your info on the area. I think I flew over your place quite a few times. Looks like paradise!

When I saw the report on May Creek and Mc Carthy, I hoped that you would link up with Nizina. I have that area on my list of places to visit next summer when I'm back home. Keep the reports coming. I don't want to be dramatic, but they've become a port in the storm that is each of my days. Enjoy the memories with your kids.

The kids and I made it to Whitehorse today. After camping many nights, we felt we'd earned a hotel for the night so I can finally post some pictures. These are just imported into the iPad, so I'll try to replace with better versions when I get back to the computer.

We got to visit Don Sheldon's old cub in Talkeetna. What a piece of history! Still flies regularly:



Enroute McCarthy we toured the Knik Glacier:





The crew is excited to be camping in McCarthy:



Best camp view ever:


Glacier creek airstrip:



Root Glacier:


We got to meet George, Charlie and Astro. Super nice folks. Here's the gorgeous Fireball:


May creek strip:



Awesome public cabin at May Creek:




Reading Harry Potter in the cozy cabin:

You guys did this trip right!!

What is your proposed route of flight south?

Looking forward to hearing all about it.

any more pic's of the Fireball?

mtv wrote:Be aware that it's addictive. You'll want to go back.

Glad to hear your kids are doing well....that long a trip can be a challenge for young ones. Good for you for introducing them to this world.
MTV

What he said...

Made it to Fort Nelson today. Some weather brewing here and lightning around the airport as we landed, so pretty easy decision to stay the night here. Kids very excited about Tim Hortons within walking distance! Keeping an eye on all the fires in BC and Washington, so we may stay east and cross border in Montana instead. The terrain between watson lake and fort nelson was just as stunning from this direction!

I am so jealous!

Safe travels.

A

Made it to Kamloops today. Kids were real troopers as usual. Smoky in places, but still 20+ miles viz the whole way. Border tomorrow and the gauntlet of Fire TFRs through Washington and Oregon to home!

You guys are making great time Kris. Glad its going safely. There is lots of fires along the BC/AB border and its making things quite smoky over here.
Hope you guys continue to have a safe journey, and thanks for sharing it with all of us!

Made it home today! It was a bit of a puzzle between the smoke, rain, TFRs and thunderstorms, but we picked our way south safely and arrived home this evening to a very excited puppy.



Man, what a trip we had! I'll take a day or two just to absorb the whole experience, and then I'll write a final write up of the trip. We also shot a lot of video, so I'll see if any of that is share-worthy.

Thanks everyone for following along, and for all the great hospitality, generosity, local tips and insights. The support has been truly humbling and really made our trip extra special.

Right now, I'm going to have a celebratory beer!

Glad you made it home safe! What a trip, thanks for taking us along by sharing it with us!

mountainmatt wrote:Glad you made it home safe! What a trip, thanks for taking us along by sharing it with us!

Exactly! What he said!