Hello, all! We have enjoyed the last part of our journey with our lovely new-used car. We saw Faro, Keno and Mayo, three little towns in the Yukon with boom and bust histories of mining for gold, zinc and silver. We saw a cow moose and two calfs , ate wild strawberries, raspberries, saw an abandoned mine, travelled gravel roads, camped at some very pretty campgrounds...it is nice to be on the road again! Heading up the Liard Highway just before we cross Northern BC into the Northwest Territories, after seeing mountain goats, moose, black bears, foxes, caribou....we saw the most [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! We left off in Inuvik! Our stay of almost three weeks in the small community, was a great experience. The most unusual feature of the town (in summer) is that it doesn't get dark... We sat out until 3 in the morning to watch the sun not set. It simply bounces off the horizon and goes back up. It's kind of weird having no sense of what time it is. On our last night in Inuvik we went for a stroll along the river front and got invited onto a house boat by a bunch of locals, we then [View Full Entry]

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Hey hey! We left the story in Dawson City. Now we are in Inuvik, Northwest Territories where the only way to get here from Dawson is...THE DEMPSTER HIGHWAY....that's right: A one way road, 750 kilometers of gravel and mud and pot holes! And oh yes, let us not forget the unforgettable: MOSQUITOS. In addition to the challenges, we saw some unbelievable views. Beautiful mountains, tundra, and boreal forests and wildlife accompanied us on the way. We hope that our return trip brings more sunshine so we can see even more! (we hit a lot of rain along the way). Our first [View Full Entry]

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July 4th 2008 Happy Belated Canada Day!!!! We hope everyone has enjoyed their long weekend off enjoying Canadian things to do! Our story continues...in Fairbanks, Alaska, a lovely city of 80,000ish people (more than the total people who live above latitude 60 in the whole of Canada). We wandered through the Museum of the North where there were great displays of wildlife, native culture and the ice age. They had two interesting replicas of frozen ice age animals found in Alaska, a baby wooly mammoth and a bison, dated to about 30,000 years ago. We browsed the art gallery and found [View Full Entry]

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here we are again! So, from Whitehorse we went south to Skagway, Alaska. Skagway is a sea port for the north. The cat’s meow is that Skagway is “cruise-ship-ville”. The town itself is about 1500 people. It is a bit of a tourist trap with shops galore. With 4 cruise ships docked, it turns into a flurry of tourists (about 3000 tourists per ship is our best guess) carrying bags of stuff. There are history boards posted at every rest stop along the hwy from Whitehorse to Skagway about the Gold Rush days of 1898. Every tourist info centre has a [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone! Here is what we've done in the last few days. Enjoy! Our route has been: Prince Rupert then to Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park then to Stewart/Hyder (short hwy into Alaska #37A-a must see), then north to Whitehorse, Yukon! There were a few stops in between of course! A big thank you to Todd and Jillian for their hospitality in Whitehorse! All we can say is that the views up here are stunning and breathtaking! See photos. I write this from the ferry docks in Skagway, Alaska (pics to follow when I can download them). [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! Whew! have we been busy. It is 7:20 pm in Prince Rupert and I am again in a laundry room with power. The sun shines! More of that to come as we travel towards the interior again, leaving the wet coastal rain forests behind. We’ve pretty much seen all of Vancouver Island. And we hit some of the little gems off the beaten path. Sayward is a little town in the north and we found an excellent campground. We watched cruise ships go by towards the inside passage, fishing boats come in from a day of fishing and sea [View Full Entry]

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May 26, 2008 Hello everyone! We are presently in Tofino, BC on the West side of Vancouver Island. We found a laundromat and it has a plug in! So we can charge the lap top and load the photos from our cameras and get clean clothes! The weather is, well, foggy, and slightly warm (around 12 C). We are for sure in rain forest territory. Everywhere you look on the highway is either a road to a rain forest trail or a beach. Beautiful and picturesque this land we call Canada. The photos will tell you more....worth a thousand or so [View Full Entry]

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We are still on the island! Lovin' the "no mosquito" climate! We've had 3 amazing days of sunshine. Here are some photos! Today we launch from Salt Spring Island to Vancouver Island via Ferry. Great day to move on as the weather has turned cool and wet. [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! We have settled in on Salt Spring Island, BC, where the Arbutus tree grows and the slugs are juicy! We left off in Penticton where we had desert conditions...to our present location...the seaside rain of the pacific. In between, we stopped in Chilliwack to see Tim and Jillian. Thanks, Tim for the awesome tour of your city-town and for dinner! Great to see you! Salt Spring Island is lush, rugged, and full of artists. We are staying for the festivities of the long weekend, whatever they may be. We were able to score a campsite for $20/night until Tuesday. [View Full Entry]

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