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Icefields Again

Fri 1-Aug-2014 Alberta, Travel |

The weather started out a little hazy, but as we drove into the park, it improved until by afternoon we had sun and high clouds. Coming back to Jasper was a great idea... more

Jasper Again

Thu 31-Jul-2014 Alberta, Travel |

There are basically three routes to Edmonton from Dawson Creek. The old northern-route (Route 2), the new central-route (Route 43) built in 1955, or the scenic... more

Dawson Creek

Wed 30-Jul-2014 British Columbia, Travel |

Today we arrived in Dawson Creek. The end (or beginning) of the Alaska Highway (AlCan). We have driven the entire 1390 miles except for 97 miles between Haines Junction... more

Fort Nelson

Tue 29-Jul-2014 British Columbia, Travel |

Today we left the Rockies behind. We are still at higher elevations, but no more high, rough peaks and snow on the northern exposures. We passed through the highest... more

Muncho Hikes

Mon 28-Jul-2014 Travel, Yukon |

We dove only about 4 miles today, but covered more miles on foot. We left Campbell Campground and drove a few miles on the Alaska Highway to the Stone Sheep Mountain... more

Muncho Lake

Sun 27-Jul-2014 Travel, Yukon |

The rain was just clearing as we left our campground. We stopped at the Visitor’s Center in Watson Lake to see a slide show about the building of the Alaska... more

Watson Lake

Sat 26-Jul-2014 Travel, Yukon |

From Teslin Lake we drove the Alaska Highway to Watson Lake. In the beginning of the day, the Teslin Lake was to our east. It is so long it was with us for quite a... more

Skagway North

Fri 25-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel, Yukon |

It did rain hard overnight and also we experienced an earthquake that really shook Vanessa. Of course, at the time we didn’t realize it was an earthquake, but... more

Skagway

Thu 24-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel, Yukon |

We headed south in the sun, but with the forecast of rain for the evening. From Whitehorse we took the Alaska Highway to the South Klondike Highway heading to Skagway.... more

Whitehorse

Wed 23-Jul-2014 Travel, Yukon |

We started our day with a short hike (about 1 mile round trip) down to the Yukon at the Five Fingers Rapids. This was a point on the Yukon which created great... more