Alaska

The rain and clouds disappeared on Sunday morning (7/2) and revealed perfectly blue skies and lots of mountains.  We left Tok, AK for the final leg of the Alaska Highway. The views were stunning.  We kept asking ourselves “Are we really in Alaska?”  Then, we looked outside to see these spectacular mountain views, and we […]

We left Haines Junction, YT on Friday morning  (6/30) and headed north on the Alaska Highway.  About an hour up the road, we stopped to admire the jade colored water of the massive Kluane Lake.  We planned to go on a nearby hike, but instead I had a mishap at the Slim River Visitor Center. 

Wednesday (6/28) was a travel day.  We left Watson Lake in the morning and headed further along the Alaska Highway.  The weather was warm, so we opted to stay where we could get electricity and run our A/C rather than finding a nicer, but more primitive campground.   We drove to Teslin and stopped for the

Monday (6/26) was another great weather day as we awoke at Strawberry Flats campground.  Lucy and I went for one last walk along the Muncho Lake shoreline.  “Muncho” in the Kaska language means “big lake”, an apt name given it’s 7.5 miles length (one of the largest natural lakes in the Canadian Rockies).  Lucy wants

After traveling 3,000 miles during the first two weeks, we slowed down and only moved 150 miles in three days (Fri/Sat/Sun – 6/23-6/25).  We wanted to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Northern British Columbia and relax a bit.  We left our beautiful campsite at Summit Lake on Saturday morning (6/24) as low clouds and some

We left our campsite in Taylor near the Peace River Bridge on Thursday morning (6/22) and headed North on Highway 97 to Fort St. John.  We immediately ran into wildfire smoke. We were lucky to have camped in Taylor, where the air was clear.  We found a nice off leash dog park in Fort St.

After enduring two days of historic rain and snow from a storm that made national news, we left the Jasper / Hinton area on Tuesday morning (6/20).  We were able to see mountains again!  We thoroughly enjoyed the views as we drove up Highway 40 from Hinton to Grand Prairie, AB.  The recent snowfall highlighted the

We woke to rain and heavy cloud cover on Father’s Day (6/18).  We planned to catch the shuttle bus to Lake Louise, but the weather created poor viewing conditions.  We decided to wait until late August, when we drive through the area again on our return trip.  We headed north to the famed Icefields Parkway. 

We woke up on Saturday (6/17) to a beautiful, clear morning at our Tunnel Mountain campsite in Banff, AB.  We broke camp earlier than normal so that we could be at the Sulphur Mountain Banff Gondola ride early to avoid the crowds.  I did not go on this excursion, only Laurie.  Dangling from a high

We left our Tillebook Provincial Park campsite on Friday morning (6/16), and continued west on the Trans-Canada Highway, from Brooks, AB. The two hour drive to Calgary was similar to the previous several days, with fields of wheat as far as one could see.  We started to see a few rolling hills around Calgary, but