… And a Porcupine Fort Nelson to Watson Lake June 1, 2017 Miles Driven: 317 Sunrise (Fort Nelson): 4:11am / Sunset (Watson Lake): 10:44pm Latitude: 58.81N to 60.06N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 4 Bears, moose, caribou, stone sheep, wood bison… and a porcupine (which was rather annoyed with us when we tried to…
Category: Alaska Bound
My adventure along the Alaska Highway
Chainsaws, Taxidermy and an Old Bridge Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson May 31, 2017 Miles Driven: 305 Sunrise (Dawson Creek): 4:25am / Sunset (Fort Nelson): 10:06pm Latitude: 55.76N to 58.81N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 They sound like the makings of a horror movie, the items in the title, especially if you consider…
Bears! 100-Mile House to Dawson Creek May 30, 2017 Miles Driven: 467 Sunrise (100-Mile House): 4:54am / Sunset (Dawson Creek): 9:32pm Latitude: 51.64N to 55.76N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 Bears! Today Nicole and I spotted our first bears – a black bear mama and her two cubs. Also, we spotted a moose…
Mount Rainier National Park Portland to Bellingham May 28, 2017 Miles Driven: 402 Sunrise (Portland): 5:28am / Sunset (Bellingham): 9:01pm Latitude: 45.38N to 48.75N Sites Visited: 1 I write to you tonight from an adorably sketchy hotel, well, at least that’s how I have termed it. Most of you know that I’m a glass-half-full kinda…