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The one on the Jeep was the other couple that was with them I thought.

Adventures Abound?
the YouTube channel is Adventure Abound. It is my channel. The other couple wanted to be YouTube famous. Me not so much so. I did make some videos, but it was way to labor intensive and got in the way of wheeling and hiking. The 20+ hours of editing each week was tiring. Plus getting everyone to cooperate during filming was trying my patientces.
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What is Team Wibornz?
Team Wiborn is me and Carla. We have been married for almost 33 years and over the years when we struggled, we would power through and say Team Wiborn, We got this. It is basically what we would say when we had to tackle hardships.
 
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As you can tell we are off the ship, stopped and grabbed the Jeep and just cleared custom and in Canada. More to come. Big thanks to @hickinwa for keeping our jeep and camper safe while we were on the cruise. Hickinwa was super cool to meet and I appreciate his generosity.
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I hope I crosspaths with hickinwa in the future and get a chance to wheel with him. Great dude.

Well cleared custom with out any issues. Will start uploading some awesome photos soon. More to come and about 4063 KM to Dead Horse Alaska.
 
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Alright, just made camp and we are about 350 miles north of Seattle Washington in Canada. Now where to start……

the cruise was a good time and a needed break from the little camper. The ship was clean, the food was decent, sometimes great other times just okay. Service was awesome. The show where terrible. The excursions where great.

Off we go.
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So the ship looks empty in the following shots because this is in the middle of the night. This is about as low as the sun went. I took these shots as I walked around the ship at or about 4 AM.
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Notice the the clock it is about 0407 AM.
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I did see whales from the deck of the ship.

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Team Wibornz still following and enjoying pics etc. Be careful now and take care. Lots of lonely roads driving through Alaska. Stay safe!!!!
 

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Icy Straight Point was the first stop along the trip. A very small stop almost nothing there. No excursion here, Carla and I hiked and I swam in the Pacific Ocean. We did go check out the salmon fishing boats.


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The closest I came to seeing an Orca. 😕
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The area is known for the salmon canning business.
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Free this Willy from the tourist life.
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Not sure why old junk boats catch my eye, but they do, It makes me wonder why people go through the hassle of propping them up and leaving them like this forever. I bet there has to be a story about the boat as it roamed the oceans

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Best shot I got of an eagle.
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This was a working fishing marinara with snow capped mountains in the background. You know there are tough souls that have challenged the dangers of the oceans many times here.
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There was a Jeep tour operation here with new JL wranglers. They would pass buy in groips
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Like I said not much here.
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I am the only one to venture into to the water.
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I think the cruise was a genius break. It wasn't planned all along, was it?

I know the drone wasn't fun in the early days, but that would have been a fun place to use it!
 
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I think the cruise was a genius break. It wasn't planned all along, was it?

I know the drone wasn't fun in the early days, but that would have been a fun place to use it!
The cruise was not planned until mid May. I did the cruise as a birthday present to Carla. Her birthday was during the cruise.

I still like flying the drone. It was just a pain to get everyone to do their part when the drone was airborne.
 
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So a trip update. Big change today.

So this guy….. my son called me this morning
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He gets deployed a lot. He just got home in early April from his last deployment so obviously we have not seen him for well over a year. He tells me hey, I will be home where I can see you guys from July 18th to August 10th. then I will be gone for training and preparation for deployment again and will not be back home until the end of next summer.

We were here and on our way to Alaska. We turned the Jeep around and are now heading to Fayetteville North Carolina. Home of Special Operfor the US Army. We never know where he is going. Just a general location.

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So Jeeping in Alaska is being rescheduled to summer of 2023. We drove all day and headed to Montana. We will be Jeeping the badge trail in Montana tomorrow. We are about 5 hours away from it. Then make a decision if we go Poughkeepsie gulch or back to Michigan. If we go to Poughkeepsie Gulch, we will probably pick up the badge trails in Missouri too. We just want to make sure that we are in Fayetteville during the time we can visit with him.


There is no way we can make it to Dead Horse Alaska and back to Fayetteville by July 18th. That is not how we want to do Alaska. I will update this thread as we wheel our way to Fayetteville now and catch it the rest of the way up when I am not limited to .05 gigs of data per day on my international data plan.
 

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So Juneau was just some shopping and tourist stuff. Was able to find some new hiking shoes in my size. That surprised me. A small outdoor outfitters shore with size 15.

Juneau was a cool town to visit. It is the only state capital that you can not drive to. You can only fly or take a boat to Juneau.

There was 4 National Geographic ships in the port. Just posting the one due to data


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Bought some local whiskey. Maybe hickinwa can chime in with a review if it. I forgot to get s shot before leaving.
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Did have King Crab for lunch from one of the Deadliest Catch ships. It was expensive You’re looking at $92. Two crab legs, a beer, some fries and a piece of bread. It was very good, but pricey.
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Mediocre coffee is free on the ship. The views make up for it though.
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Next stop was Skagway Alaska. Took the train From town up and over White Pass in the mountains. Pics will follow. I would 100% recommend doing this excursion. More to come. I have to be close on my data limit.
 
 



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