We have embarked on our "pre" Alaska trip.
I think maybe a little history about this trip might be in order. We first started planning this trip early last year when I heard that our Military RV club (SMART) was looking for a Wagon Master for this years trip. I contacted our good friends Fran and John Kurz because they had been up there on a caravan before and I knew they wanted to go again. We have never been there, but we were really wanting to go. They gave it some thought (lots of responsibility) and decided to go for it and we would be the Assistant Wagon Masters. Phil and I were thrilled and so excited!!
We put our heads together and came up with a plan...Fran would plan the tours and entertainment and I would take care of the campground reservations. Everything was coming along great, we had the campgrounds lined up, reservations made and all but the final details done on the tours and entertainment. We met in Myrtle Beach last summer to bring some details together, hang out and just have fun. After about a week, we headed back home and John and Fran headed for their winter home of the Florida Keys.
Shortly after they arrived, John started noticing small things that Fran seemed to be having trouble with. Long story short, he took her to the ER and she was diagnosed with a brain tumor, the same kind that Phil's twin sister had. Fran was transferred to the hospital in Miami where she underwent surgery. We decided that it was time to go see John and Fran when she got out of the hospital. They had decided that they needed to drop out of the caravan, and that's how we became the Wagon Masters for this caravan. While we were in Miami, they handed all of the books over to us and we went back home in a daze.
So, now we are officially on the road to Great Falls, where we will meet with the members of SMART who will be joining us for this wonderful adventure. With our Assistant Wagon Masters, Tom and Sandy, there will be 22 RV's on this trip, 44 adults. We will be traveling through Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon and of course, Alaska. The caravan is 81 days long, with built in free days to do whatever they want. More to come on the caravan later.
This week end we stayed at Woolly Hollow State Park near Greenbrier, AR where son Kevin and his family live. On Sunday we all gathered to watch Kevin's oldest graduate from Greenbrier High School...with honors...so very proud of Zoe!!! After the ceremony we went back to our house in Little Rock for the Grad Bash!! We decided to do it there because it had rained for 3 days straight and it was hot and muggy. Of course there was lots of picture taking...
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