Some picture from the end of the Alcan Hwy in Dawson Creek, BC, Canada to Montana:

We are at WLS! (Warrior Leadership Summit)
We arrived yesterday and many cooled off in the lake.  It's been 100+ temps for the last several days on the trip.
Working on getting pictures posted- thanks for your patience.

We spent last night camping in Fort Collins, Colorado at the Walker Mower Company.  The day started at 6am with flights provided by the Walkers and tours of the mower factory.  After lunch we will be on the road again.  More pictures next time we can get internet.

We are at mile 0 of the Alcan highway. That means the cold weather is behind us as well as the extreme gas prices and the rough two lane roads. I am amazed at the team that has come together for this trip. We have young adults that are a joy to travel with. I have spent a lot of my time laughing. We also have a logistics team that is doing a great job. Our daughter and her family are in a vehicle that goes about two hours ahead of us to find the ideal campsites and get supper ready for when we arrive. If they had not been along we would have ran into some serious campsite issues since we arrive late in the day and other travelers get the campsites early. They reserve us some good spots.

We also have Victor and his wife Dawn. Victor fizxes our mechanical and electrical issues while they are small and is available as chief mechanic if the problems get more complicated. Dawn is the photographer for the trip and you can see her work on the blog site.

Amanda is from Mountain Village and is a certified teacher. Her encouragement goes a long way through the day as she rides in the van and keeps everyone on track at the campsites. She is also the person who knows where all the food is packed so we can eat.

Lenna, the nurse and Josh the paramedic have our backs in case of an emergency or the common cold.

Silky and Martin, from Galena, keep their van laughing as well as do a great job at relating to everyone. They are a treat to have as drivers and friends.

Josh’s wife, Karen, is a dentist and tells us interesting things about our teeth as well as is available if we have a tooth problem.

Many of the young adults are taking on leadership roles in our daily activities.

We have seen a lot of animals. About a hundred buffalo, 100 mountain sheep, dozens of bears, lots of moose, and several deer as well as lots of birds. One vehicle also saw a linx.

We are starting to enter the hot country. We hope to cross the border into Montana on the 23^rd or 24^th. We will call home as soon as we get to a place in Montana with cell coverage.

Enjoy the pictures!!!!!!!!!!!

Grant

 Riding in the shuttle van

 Hauling the freezer to the shuttle van

Making homemade ice cream

 At Matanuska Glacier

Stepping from the USA into Canada

  

Lunch Time

Our fabulous cook

Checking out a horse

At the signpost forest

 Entering British Columbia, Canada

Wildlife along the road

 Sticking our feet in Muncho Lake

We all arrived in Soldotna yesterday to begin the preparation for the Warriors on Wheels trip. Students flew into Anchorage from Nunapitchuk, Aniak, Buckland, Kobuk, Shaktoolik, and Kotzebue. The remaining students flew in from Hooper Bay, Chevak, Scammon Bay, and Mountain Village. We will have about 50 of us, counting chaperones, driving the 4000 miles to Warrior Leadership Summit. Warrior Leadership Summit is a gathering of over 700 native youth from close to 100 different tribes.
We will learn a lot while there but we will also learn a lot while on the trip. We will be traveling through beautiful mountains, and along side of a lot of lakes and rivers. We will see bears, mountain sheep, elk, deer, antelope, buffalo, and many other types of wildlife not common in our village. We will also see the more common ones such as moose and caribou.
I hope you visit this blog often to check out the new pictures we will be posting.
Grant Funk

The beginning

Hey all,
We're working on a blog where you can hear and see what we're doing as we travel on the Warrior on Wheels trip.  Thanks for joining us in our adventure.

The leaders, flying around to talk about the trip.