Category: Road Trip

Every year the online Alaska-related Forums such as RVNet get loads of posts asking about the Top of the World / Taylor Highways in particular, with somewhat fewer about the Dalton, Dempster and Denali Highways. The questions are usually some version of “how dangerous are these roads?”. Well, some...

It’s time for a major road trip to see some of my family in Calgary and Kelowna. It was timed so that I could help my daughter and grand-daughters move when I reached Calgary. I left the house at 6:15 am on April 13th with the temperature at 0°C....

I just pulled this image from the Calgary traffic cam site – it might be funny if I wasn’t leaving for Calgary on Sunday....

After spending most of the last month away, it feels good to be home, but it’s also quite a shock to the system. There are a million things to do – and prioritizing between the fun stuff and the mundane isn’t always easy. There are clients to meet, over...

There may still be 4 feet of snow on the ground, but it must be Spring, because I have an overpowering wanderlust. Thanks to a couple of well-timed out-of-town meetings, though, that wanderlust is getting soothed. On Friday I drove to Liard Hot Springs, a few hours early and...

As well as the article about Yukon bloggers (which I think was poorly executed) in yesterday’s Yukon News, there was an article about Yukon highway lodges being forced to close, supposedly because of the government’s new health regulations and the related costs of new septic systems. Bear Creek Lodge,...