There is some public land on the east side of Jasper National Park where the only activity restriction we could see was the ban on campfires. I like seeing the campfire ban signs because that means camping is okay. At least that is how I’m interpreting them. Continue reading “Hot and Cold and Hot”
As we headed south the air around us was progressively getting smokier. This would be the experience of anyone on the west side of North America. At the time we were traveling through, British Columbia had over 600 significant forest fires burning. At one point we were headed to find our campsite and the smoke was so thick that we were traveling at less than half the speed limit. We decided that it was time to bite the bullet and get a hotel room for the sake of our lungs. I got online and booked us a room in Prince George. Continue reading “Smoke on the Water”
My father recently reminded me that it is not a good idea to camp in dry creek beds subject to flash flooding. The thing is, the dry creek beds are usually composed of really well-drained soils so there are fewer instances of the ponding that leads to mosquito habitat. We love dry creek beds. Continue reading “Heavenly Lights and the Meatbee-asaurus Rex”
Reentering Canada on our way south was super exciting. We got phone service for the first time in a week and I got a voicemail from my folks letting me know that they might be evacuated because of a forest fire and where I would be able to find them in that event. Let it be known that potential evacuation is a great way to elicit a phone call from a child. Continue reading “Oh Canada, How We’ve Missed You”
As I discussed in previous blog posts, there is more than one way to drive to the Arctic Ocean in North America. There are two. Unless you want to split hairs or go off-roading, then the options are limitless. We chose to take the Dempster Highway. Continue reading “Driving the Dempster Highway”
When we first conceived of this trip we thought we were going to meet the Arctic Ocean in Deadhorse, Alaska. That trip would have entailed following the Dalton Highway up along the pipelines to the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay. Continue reading “Arctic Plunge!”
This journey to explore the Pan American Highway has very little in the way of scheduling. Really, only seasonal variations and our desire to be comfortable are dictating our schedule. We are going to avoid winter if at all possible for the next couple of years. That being said, we did have one solid goal we both agreed upon on. That was to be at the Arctic Circle to watch the sun not go down on the solstice. That goal served two purposes. One was to get us the heck out of our house and on the road, and the other was… Never mind, there was only one purpose. Continue reading “Arctic Quest!”
