Category: Road Trip

I’m currently in a hotel at Mile 300 of the Alaska Highway (Fort Nelson, BC). I had hoped to reach Fort St. John but got slowed down by seeing about a million animals up close today – bears, moose, caribou, Rocky Mountain sheep, bison, even a bald eagle feeding...

Yesterday was a gorgeous day to get out, and it looked like pretty much every Yukoner had the same idea. Our reasonably warm, sunny days are about to end, and traffic was quite heavy on the Alaska Highway – by our standards that means that there were occasionally 6...

I’m a big fan of cruising, and I really hate to see news reports that show that the industry isn’t respecting what is still a relatively pristine coast when they come north. In the first half of the 2008 cruise season (which ends this Saturday), nine ships were cited...

I’m in southern BC visiting family and friends for a week. Most of my time is being spent in Kelowna where it’s still summer – though the skies are hazy (smoky, smoggy?) so it’s nowhere near as pretty as it should be. I was hoping for clear skies and...

As colourful as our property is right now, yesterday was a good opportunity for a Fall Colours Tour. We decided to head west along the Alaska Highway for a change, and Burwash Landing would make a good turn-around location. It was a long day – we put just over...

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....