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…
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…
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…
We wanted to stay in Calgary (population 1,361,852) for our next stop, but I couldn’t find a full hookup campground on the west side of town. We had been to Calgary on a business trip some years ago and really enjoyed the vibe. Our route paralleled the Canadian Rockies as we headed toward Calgary, and…
Once again, our drive to Granum (population 406) was incredibly scenic, and in some ways even a better experience than the next 3 days we camped there. I could hardly get over the fact that so many pictures taken through Sid’s windows turned out so well. The drive took us around the southern and eastern…
We’re fans of Jeff Dunham, the world-famous ventriloquist. If you periodically watch YouTube videos, then you’ve likely seen reels of his various routines and characters (Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Walter, Little Peanut, etc). Once we had made our reservations for wintering in Issaquah, WA, MFI discovered Dunham would be performing at the hockey arena in…
Our original plan had us traveling to Regina (rhymes with Vagina), SK next, but we thought a city called Moose Jaw sounded even funnier than Saskatoon and was just as satisfying to say, so we detoured there. We believed the name must have something to do with a moose or a jaw or both, but…
