Category Archives: Yukon, Alaska and British Columbia, 2010

It was a cool and cloudy morning, not solid overcast, but not letting much sun through either, so it was quite cool today.  We drove into Whitehorse early, and Enid left her boot at the repair place.  They are going … Continue reading →

It is a week ago today that we left Prince Albert.  This morning we drove back the four km from the Watson Lake Campground where we stayed last night, and spent about an hour in the Signpost Forest, looking for … Continue reading →

We were awakened this morning earlier than we wanted by the sound of the pump squeaking next to our campsite.  Unfortunately, the well doesn’t really work very well, and most people tried a few strokes, then gave up.  These people were … Continue reading →

We awoke to a beautiful morning.  There was no further rain during the night, but everything was very heavily covered with dew.  At approximately 9:00 am we were off on a hike to Flower Springs Lake.  The trail leaves the … Continue reading →

We travelled more today than yesterday, but it was still not a very long travel day.  This morning we stopped in Fort Nelson at around 11:00 am to get fuel and some groceries.   We were looking for two things: somewhere … Continue reading →

We did not travel far today.  We thought we left this morning about 9:20, then realized that the time has changed, so that actually we left at 8:20.  Small wonder no one else in the campground was up!  As it … Continue reading →

We are camped tonight, the first of what will be many nights of camping on our trip, at Kiskatinaw River Bridge campgrounds.  At mile 20 of the original Alaska Highway, it is an interesting bridge, for it is built on … Continue reading →

We have many miles of open road ahead of us, but today is the last day that we have a destination planned.  We drove to Edmonton today, and did some shopping, had supper at Graeme’s, and Mavis also came over to visit.  … Continue reading →

After three straight days of packing, we were on the road this morning, driving to Bickleigh to meet with Peter Halladay.  He is visiting here from Australia, and we wanted to meet him.  We will visit him again when we go … Continue reading →

We’re just back from our 11 day canoe trip to the McLennan Lake area, and madly packing to get ourselves ready for the trip to the Yukon.  It was a lot of fun to relive old memories of when we … Continue reading →