Prudhoe Bay, AK
Just squeezing in a quick post before heading off to Denali National Park. The last week has been spent driving North, and I mean North. We crossed the Artic Circle (66Deg33′) and continued to a place called Deadhorse on Prudhoe…
Just squeezing in a quick post before heading off to Denali National Park. The last week has been spent driving North, and I mean North. We crossed the Artic Circle (66Deg33′) and continued to a place called Deadhorse on Prudhoe…
Obviously we made it successfully from Juneau to Skagway. However, no more ferries for us (at least for a while). We plan to be land-based for the next few weeks. Skagway was quite the quaint little tourist town. We preferred…
Hokey… we’re back. As said we were chased out of the cyber cafe by the fire alarm. Made one addition to that previous blog: a photo link of the Inside Passage. Juneau, Alaska’s State Capitol – a city that can…
We will keep this post very short (as internet and phone seem to be a real problem here). Just wanted to let you know that we touched down in Alaska. Took the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert –…
Greetings from Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia. Crossed the border from the US to Canada on the 9th of July (Friday) and headed up to Whistler. Hiked a local trail with Dad where we discovered that there is no rainbow at…
Hi All! Remember the TV show ‘Northern Exposure’? It was set in a fictitious place called ‘Cicely, Alaska’. Well, on July 8th we drove east out of Seattle on Hwy 90 for 80 odd miles to get to Roslyn, Washington,…
Thought I’d better send a quick post to let you all know that I was successful in my summit of Mt Rainier! I set off at 10:30am Monday from the car-park arriving at Camp Muir around 3:00 pm. After a…
What a surprisingly pleasant and nice city! There’s a bit of a European feel to it. Lots of funky, trendy, leafy neighborhoods: Hawthorne, NW23 (reminded me a bit of Balmain in Sydney), Downtown. I loved the Japanese and Rose Gardens:…
After numerous previous trips whizzing up and down the I-5, we made the right decision to go a little inland and visit these two great national parks. Mt Lassen (10,457 ft) remains covered in snow, with the various lakes just…
You wouldn’t believe how much stuff fits in a small, 2-bedroom apartment! And it just seemed to keep coming up out of the ground!!!!!!! But finally after 3 days of packing and stuffing things into storage, we got on our…
Hey Guys! I should turn 40 and give a party more often!!! Thanks to all for being there and making it a birthday and going-away party to remember!!! Going-away party as a few days later we set off on a…
We started our blog back in 2004 before social media like Facebook was available. Our blog was intended to document our trip through North America. Since then, we have created a website which has grown to become a record of our…