15 Aug 2018. For the last several weeks our son John Jr and wife Sandy have been preparing for a driving trip to Alaska. They are now on their way, with a stop-off in Federal Way, Washington to see his youngest brother, Scott, Darcy and Spencer. Here are a few photos so far:

While in Federal Way, they parked in front of Darcy's parent's home (Sheryl and Raoul Martin).   Today they called from Hope, British Columbia to say they have cancelled plans to go to Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper then join ALKAN Hwy. The Canadians are busy fighting 19 wild fires with lots of smoke in the air along with lots of airplanes fighting the fires. They will make Northward turn and head for Alaska. It is very long way.