Blogs from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 2

Distance driven: 400 miles / 640 km Cumulative distance driven: 992 miles / 1,587 km (only 16,000 miles to go!!) Today’s trip: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada to Liard River, British Columbia, Canada Wolves I almost run over on the road with my motorcycle: 1 Fellow PanAm riders encountered: 1 Scottish rider headed north, who had started in southern Argentina and was now finishing his PanAmerican highway trip. The midnight sun finally got to me. I woke up at 5:30am in my hotel room in Whitehorse, with a feeling that it was in the middle of the day. That’s because when I peeked out of the window, the sun was as bright as it normally is at noon time. It appears the sun never really does set in the summer here. After an early breakfast, I started riding ... read more

Pour commencer, les caravanes, que je traitais hier d' antiquités, sont en fait des produits tres haut de gamme, tres chers, c' est le top du top. Elles sont toujours fabriquées. la marque Air Stream. C' est assez intéressant d aller, lire l' histoire de cette société. Pour ceux qui veulent "airstream-events,com". L' information me vient de Jérôme, et je l' en remercie, car hier je me suis couché moins bête. Je conseillerais a tous les météorologues d' allés garder les moutons, et encore risqueraient d' en perdre. Hier, pour aujourd'hui c' était du tres court terme. Hé bien presque tout faux. Ce matin, les cyclistes prenaient le pdj a 7H dehors, Ca augurait bien. Vers 7h30 apres avoir fait le plein au premier km, les essuie glaces. La route est belle, je roule pépere, une ... read more

Day three of driving and we are sitting at a campground in Fort Nelson and it is hot 36 degrees celsius!!!! We did see a cow moose and her calf and Barb you will be happy to know that we saw one bear today just outside of Fort St John. To Liard Hot Springs tomorrow and no Internet.... read more

Our travels took us 130 miles northwest to Fort Nelson today. We are in a very nice, but busy park. At one time this afternoon they had 8 RV's lined up to check in. There is only one other park in town and it's nothing to write home about. At least here we have Wi-Fi, cable, water, electric and sewer. All the comforts of home>>>> As you can see we even were able to park three in a row (Gerdes', Ancell's & Osborn's). Temperature at 4:30 was a balmy 70 degrees. Not bad since it was 36 when we got up at 7:00 this morning. I had to take a picture of the sign that was in front of our truck at the grocery store. It's been a long time since we have seen a "falling ... read more

So we got out of Grande Prairie about 1100 this morning. Uneventful ride from there to Dawson’s Creek, other than the rain, fresh gravel repair, bird strike, and hail. What are you going to do for any of them other than press on? At DC, we meet up with about 6 other riders all headed the same way. There was 1 from NJ, TX, FL, one from Heber Springs, AR, and some others. Mike and I decided to push on to Ft Nelson. We figure the closer we are when the road opens, the better our chances of doing what we came for, and catching the ferry. Latest updates we have heard for road opening are from Monday, until days from now. We are going to play it by ear, and make a decision Monday. Tomorrow, ... read more