The Pile of Brochures Watson Lake to Whitehorse June 2, 2017 Miles Driven: 295 Sunrise (Watson Lake): 4:21am / Sunset (Whitehorse): 11:18pm Latitude: 60.06N to 60.72N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 3 The women working at the Watson Lake Visitors Center are incredibly helpful and quite talkative. When we first went in yesterday, we…
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… 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…
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…
Into the Wilds Bellingham to 100-Mile House May 29, 2017 Miles Driven: 325 Sunrise (Bellingham): 5:13am / Sunset (100-Mile House): 9:11pm Latitude: 48.75N to 51.64N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 2 To calm any worriers out there, tonight’s hotel is quite nice. It has the standard run-of-the-mill amenities. The roads here are…
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…
Passing by Lassen Volcanic & Crater Lake San Jose to Portland May 27, 2017 Miles Driven: 663 Sunrise (San Jose): 5:50am / Sunset (Portland): 8:48pm Latitude: 37.34N to 45.38N Sites Visited: 0 Oh to be on the open road again! The joys, like eating fabulous Vietnamese food in a too-hip-for-me restaurant! The perils, like the…
Last Minute Dash San Jose May 26, 2017 Miles Driven: 0 Sites Visited: 0 You know, some days time seems to slow down and you enjoy each precious moment. This is not one of those days. During the flurry of activities this week, time just seemed to keep speeding up. The more things I crossed off…
Packing & Prep At Home in San Jose May 21-26, 2017 Miles Driven: 0 Sites Visited: 0 Well, here I am again, embarking on another of my adventurous road trips. When I was little, the idea of spending time in a car driving from place to place seemed rather dull. Of course, the occasional landscape…
Devils Postpile National Monument & Yosemite National Park (briefly) Bishop to San Jose August 14, 2016 Miles Driven: 310 Parks Visited: 1.5 You will have to forgive me. After 16 states, 22 sites, 7,892 miles, and 23 days, I just plain fell asleep working on the blog. Coming home after a vacation is always bittersweet. I can tell you…