Technically, we had made it into Alaska in only 12 stops, but we weren’t considering Skagway as truly reaching Alaska. Remember, we had diverted from our original plan to stop there only to purchase our ferry tickets for returning to the lower 48 in September. Because there was only one way into and out of…
The drive to Skagway (population 1,240) was only 65 miles, and while it was suposed to be a very scenic stretch, the rainy and foggy weather prevented many picture opportunities. That said, even bad weather couldn’t stop it from being pretty. We stayed three days at one of two RV parks in town, both owned…
We learned from The Milepost that the AMHS (Alaskan Marine Highway System) had a car/truck/RV ferry, which ran from Skagway, AK to Bellingham, WA every two weeks. MFI, still the full-time driver, had already decided she was not driving the Alaskan Highway all the way back to the lower-48 come September. Instead, her plan was…
We purposefully chose the featured image for this blog. Our impression of the Yukon was that it suffered from an identity complex. In my opinion, the complex may stem from the fact that people see the Yukon as extremely remote, which is accurate; very unpopulated, which is true; and mostly famous for the late 1800’s…
“This was the best of stops, this was the worst of stops,” to badly paraphrase Charles Dickens. We stayed our next three days in Fort Nelson (population 3,366), and like most stops, we had nothing specific planned and zero expectations. By our experiences, it’s usually better that way. We arrived mid-afternoon and spent our normal…
People who learned we were headed north to Dawson Creek, quickly advised we not miss the wooden statues in Chetwynd, BC (population 2,503) about an hour west of Dawson. Not having a clue as to what they meant exactly, we responded with an uncertain “uh-okay.” From the moment we entered town, the statutes lined the…
Some learned philosophies: We stayed three nights at Mama Yeh RV Park & Campground 10 miles south of downtown Prince George (population 74,003). I selected this campground based on wanting to exceed our minimum criterion and using the details provided by our RV Trip Wizard app. Yet, we rated this site as our worst to…
Jasper (population 4,738) sat on the northern end of Jasper National Park. We stayed in Whistler’s Campground, part of several National Park campgrounds, which provided accommodations for over 1,000 campers. I tried in advance to make our reservation online, but only one dry site was shown as available. Finding this difficult to believe, I finally…
We made two stops in route to our next destination. The first was at Mount Robson Provincial Park in Valemount, BC. There we found the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies at 12,972′ (3,954 m). Two days prior, we photographed Mt Robson from the Jasper Skytram mountain station, but only its snowy top peak had…
Our next stop was Jasper, AB Canada, and until I checked out our route several days before heading north, I had no idea this meant driving the world famous (according to Canadians anyway) 140-mile Icefields Parkway. There were ten primary sites along the parkway identified as “most visited” by tourists, although the views of the…
