Category: Alaska Highway

This is the final post about our experiences on the trip, though I’ll post a summary with some costs, and high points and low points. This post, which is post #40 from the trip, covers our final 3 days driving from Lower Gnat Lake to Boya Lake to Teslin...

One of the most highly recommended activities along the Alaska Highway is a dip in the large natural pool at Liard River Hot Springs, and a fairly large percentage of the people who drive the highway seem to heed the advice. But there’s much more to the park, and...

It’s been a busy couple of days in Dawson Creek, and I could easily stay another day. But, Tumbler Ridge beckons, so we’ll be on the road this morning. I mainly want to tell you about the driving route that I created after noticing that there are none for...

As I start writing this, it’s the morning of our third day on the road, and I’m parked along the Alaska Highway in the middle of nowhere south of Fort Nelson, BC. It feels like it’s been longer than that – which I think is a good sign that...

When aurora-watchers dream about their perfect world, one thing that often comes up is having the aurora show up at reasonable hours of the night instead of 2-3 am. Last night, that came true in a dramatic fashion. Sunset last night, the day before the shortest day of the...

The Alaska Highway is on many people’s “bucket list”, and it would be easy to spend an entire summer exploring along it. Few of us have that much time, though, and it can be tough to prioritize what to see, especially if you want to get off the beaten...

By 11:30 on Wednesday, October 7th, day 29 of the trip, we had seen so many amazing places up the Salmon Glacier road that the day should have been over, but it was really just beginning as we pulled away from Stewart. We were really headed home now, though...

I’m not nearly finished showing you the places I visited on my epic BC road trip, but yesterday our family expanded, and I’d like to introduce our new puppy, Tucker, to you before going back to the trip. This was the photo that started the process. We’ve looked at...

I always enjoy my time in Dawson Creek, and the more time I spend here, the more I like it. I never feel like I’ve seen all there is to see, and the people are consistently wonderful. Saturday, September 12th, day 4 of the trip, was our day to...

Part of the decision to stop for Thursday night at Summit Lake, thus adding an extra 140 km to Friday’s drive, was that if there’s any part of the Alaska Highway that I’m willing to power through, it’s the 370-km (230-mi) section from Fort Nelson to Fort St. John....