Fall colors on the Haines Highway
Doing a Fall Colours tour is a must for me, and yesterday I headed out to what is normally a particularly good area, the Haines Highway. With sunshine and temps nearing 20°C (68°F), my motorcycle was the vehicle of choice. This side road at Km 1470 (50 km west...
Read More
Nanook is Off to See the World!
Nanook is a cute little Siberian husky dog, one of the Ty Beanie Babies that were so popular a few years ago. Born in 1996, Nanook is now retired and can start doing some serious travelling. He arrived in Skagway after a long trip from Daytona Beach, Florida today,...
Read More
Up the Alaska Highway by motorcycle – Manning, Alberta to Whitehorse, Yukon
The past 2 days have been primarily a process of getting home after my Northwest Territories adventure, but I did a reasonably good job of “stopping to smell the roses” along the way – and there really are a lot of those roses! I’m usually a fairly neat hotel...
Read More
Hay River, NWT to Manning, Alberta, by motorcycle
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...
Read More
From Yellowknife to Hay River, NWT, by motorcycle
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...
Read More
Exploring the Ingraham Trail – Yellowknife, NWT
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...
Read More
Exploring Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
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...
Read More
Sambaa Deh Falls Park (NWT) to Yellowknife by motorcycle
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...
Read More
Fort Simpson to Sambaa Deh Falls Park, NWT, by motorcycle
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...
Read More
Fort Nelson, BC to Fort Simpson, NWT, by motorcycle
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...
Read More