Month: August 2011

The Grand Adventure part of the trip is now over. I’m in northern Alberta, and most of the rest of the ride is on highways I’ve been on dozens of times. Beautiful country for sure, though, and something new could pop up 🙂 It started to rain hard as...

I really didn’t want to leave Yellowknife yesterday – there’s still more to see! But, a bit more exploring around town and then I had to hit the road. My father-in-law asked if I could get a photo of a place that he spent some time at while working...

The weather yesterday morning didn’t look too promising on the north shore where I wanted to spend the day, so I started by exploring Yellowknife a bit more. This is the Canadian Forces’ Joint Task Force North headquarters. Most of the federal offices in Whitehorse are gone now, but...

Dawn at Yellowknife at 6:10, with fog filling some of the distant bays of Great Slave Lake. This was my “Explore Yellowknife” day. I started with Eggs Frobisher Bay, which is Eggs Bennie with smoked Arctic char added. Yuuum – a great way to start the day 🙂 I...

The rain had almost stopped by the time I got out of my tent at Sambaa Deh Falls Park. Before leaving I got to use one of the large extra bags I’m carrying. Topping up my fuel here would get me to Fort Providence with no problem. It’s 322...

When I posted yesterday, I had just found a room at the Nahanni Inn in Fort Simpson. Here we are now this morning, on the banks of the Mackenzie River. I thought I was going to be flying to Nahanni Park and Virginia Falls with Simpson Air, but there...

This is going to be a brief post – at least brief text because I have to be going shortly to catch a plane to Virginia Falls. This photo shows you why I stayed at the Blue Bell in Fort Nelson – can’t get much more convenient than that...

I’m finally off on a major bike trip – from Whitehorse, Yukon to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. This isn’t the trip I’ve been planning and postponing, planning and postponing again all summer due to lousy weather, but it’s one that offers good weather for all but the first day. As...

On this blog, I seldom mention the fact that I’m a cruise consultant with Expedia CruiseShipCenters. BUT, I just got an email from Celebrity that I have to pass on. The Mediterranean is hot right now as a travel destination, and prices are getting quite high. For the next...

The weather in Whitehorse on Sunday was cool and wet but we really needed to do something interesting! A look at the weather reports showed that Atlin had potential weather-wise, and we both love Atlin, so that became the target of the day. We got off to a very...