ErinandBrian

It’s incredible the way time can get away from you. It feels like I just posted an entry yesterday but another week has passed. We enjoyed my Aunt’s family bbq, especially the boat ride around the point and Deer Island, no whales showed up this year, but it was a beautiful time on the water regardless. BJ and I enjoyed a few more days of relaxation and then finally packed up and headed on to P.E.I. on Tuesday. It’s a fairly quick drive from Saint John to Charlottetown, but we took our time sightseeing along the way. One of the stops we had to make was Magnetic Hill just outside of Moncton. You enter the park, pay $5 and drive over to Magnetic Hill where you drive to the ‘bottom’ of the hill and turn around ... read more

It has been a while since we last posted; looking back at where we left off seems like ages ago. We spent two lovely nights just outside of Montreal, and spent a day taking in the sights of Old Montreal. The weather was incredible, hot and humid and the afternoon was filled with warm showers. We got a little wet, but thankfully we are not made of sugar and didn’t melt. Old Montreal has lots to offer both for the stomach and for the eyes. The area is shockingly European, with cobblestone streets and narrow and winding roads. The street life is active and abundant, with cafés and tables lining the street sides. We first took in the Notre-Dame Basilica, what a beautiful building! It is one of the largest churches in North America and is ... read more

We spent three lovely nights in Kamsack and were fed delicious hearty home cooking and jumped at the chance to get some major laundry done. BJ’s aunt Gloria and his Grandma were great hosts, they not only filled our bellies but showed us a thing or two about Rummy strategies. We played lots of cards, slept in and even got a good run session in while we were in town. After getting loaded up with food from Gloria we hit the road and made our way to Manitoba. We decided to head west of Winnipeg for our first campground, considering our best friend Becky is spending the summer in Calgary and was not around to chill with. We seem to have pretty good luck or coincidence so far with this trip, as BJ really wanted to ... read more

Driving back south from Dawson through Whitehorse was another beautiful drive, I’m sure that word is getting over used in the first couple of entries, but it is the simple truth. Nothing too exciting happened on our drive, we spotted more black bears on the sides of the highway and enjoyed the sunny day we were given. In Whitehorse we got the oil changed and the tires balanced on our beast- that is the name that we have finally bestowed on to our Ford Escape- Beast. She can make it up and down the Dempster and can keep on driving even after sustaining a few battle scars. From Whitehorse we decided to get some more miles under us and woke early for a long few days of driving. We headed all the way to Fort Nelson ... read more

The Dempster Highway. That small sentence holds a huge amount of intrigue for me. It has been a destination that I have wanted to conquer for a few years now. It was 3 years ago that I decided that I would go up the Dempster, see the midnight sun and then take on the rest of Canada. Since deciding to do the Dempster I have spent time looking into the facts of the road, but more so seeking the experiences of those who have traveled her length. I came into this trip expecting flat tires, broken windshields, battered shocks and bruised body. The stories of others vary from one end of the spectrum to the next, some have made the trip and come off the road with just a rock chip, others have had multiple flat ... read more

I was thinking about it today and I realized that I had no concept of what remote meant. Sure, it’s a vague idea in my mind that you are far from others, that there isn’t another town or community for a while, but I come from Alberta, and generally speaking you can find town within an hours drive from one another. On the road up here I started to figure out that there are places where a sign post reads 363km to Eagle Lodge- and they mean it. There is nothing at all for another 363km. Nothing, no town, no community, no village…. nothing. Just road, trees, space. Out here in Dawson City you find people who came for varying reason, some to find a summer of adventure, others to try their luck with gold. But ... read more