A 5-day RV weekend in Skagway, Alaska
For most Yukoners, the Victoria Day weekend is the first camping weekend of the season. For us this year, it was the third camping weekend, having spent Easter at Haines and then a weekend at Skagway, but as with many of our neighbours, Skagway was once again our destination....
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A long Easter weekend at Haines, Alaska – Part 2 of 2
Our first RV trip of the season was off to a wonderful start. We knew that rain – possibly even on all 5 days – could happen, but Mother Nature was showing us her best. On Easter Sunday I was up and out early to catch what I hoped...
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A long Easter weekend at Haines – Part 1 of 2
Getting a very early start to this year’s RV season has been a focus for Cathy and I for many weeks, with 5 nights in Haines over the Easter weekend being the target. For most people, the Victoria Day (May 24th) long weekend is the start, so many services...
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BC RVing: Exploring Wells Gray Provincial Park
The last-minute decision to make the fairly long detour to Wells Gray Provincial Park resulted in one of the most memorable 24 hours of the trip. Established on November 28, 1939, the 541,516 hectare (1,338,115 acre) park offers superb opportunities to see spectacular canyons and waterfalls as well as...
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A fall colours weekend at Congdon Creek Campground
For our first “no-services” camping weekend with the RV, we chose Congdon Creek Campground on Kluane Lake, and it was perfect, with spectacular scenery and Fall colours. I had the rig ready to go when Cathy got home from work Friday night, and stopping for dinner at the Otter...
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Re-discovering the charm of Atlin
This article was originally written for the Destination BC Blog, and was re-posted here under the same date when that blog was closed. I first discovered the village of Atlin by air, during a life-changing tour of the Far North that took me from my home in Langley to...
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A 3-day weekend in Atlin, BC
On Friday night, we made the 160-km drive down to the little town of Atlin, often referred to as the Switzerland of the North. Atlin has captivated me ever since my first visit in 1985, and was the perfect spot for our first entire-family trip in the motorhome. It...
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Day 8: Up the Alaska Highway to Whitehorse
Friday night was a fairly short one – I went to bed at the top of the Sikanni Chief hill, and was back on the Alaska Highway well before 05:00. I don’t think that the people protesting a new pipeline in BC have any idea how many hundreds of...
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Day 7: An Icefields Parkway morning
When I went to bed at the Bow Lake viewpoint on the Icefields Parkway Wednesday night, I had a comfortable feeling that I was almost home. Only another 1,400 miles to go. A few minutes after 05:00, I went for a bit of a wander to get the blood...
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Day 6: Driving through Montana & Alberta
There were 2 primary focuses for Wednesday – first, get the motorhome paperwork done at the border (and I had no idea how long that would take), and meet my daughter and grand-daughters for dinner. Beyond, it was just “see what happens”, as usual. I was in bed early...
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