Finding Our Way
Day 4 – Arctic Circle to Inuvik – 328 km (204 miles) – 9 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! Today’s drive turned out to be a long one. After awhile the constant bumps jar your brain or what’s left of it!
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Day 3 – Tombstone Territorial Park to the Arctic Circle – 336 km (209 miles) – 8 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We departed Tombstone Campground (km 72) and headed up the mountain to the Tombstone Mountain Viewpoint (km 74). It
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Day 1 and 2 – Dawson City, Yukon to Tombstone Mountain Territorial Park – 111 km (69 miles) – 3 hours Here we go…heading to The Dempster Highway – Arctic Ocean or Bust!! Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! The Dempster Highway starts
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Yes, we are going to drive (or attempt to drive) the infamous Dempster Highway all the way to the Arctic Ocean!! In our motorhome!!! Yikes! We hope it survives! The Dempster Highway (Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8) is about a 740 km (460 mile) unpaved road which
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We departed Whitehorse with the goal of driving all the way to Dawson City along Highway 2, the Klondike Highway. We watch Yukon 511 for road conditions and we had seen that the previous day the highway had been closed from Pelly Crossing to Stewart Crossing due to wildfires. But
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The drive from Pine Lake Campground hear Haines Junction to Whitehorse is a fairly short drive. It is a beautiful drive but we did encounter some construction and rough roads. Before we knew it we were in Whitehorse, filling up with fuel, and doing a bit of grocery shopping. The
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We departed Haines, Alaska and headed north to The Yukon. On our way we stopped by the Chilkat River for some eagle viewing. What an absolutely beautiful drive. We have the most recent edition of The MILEPOST 2024 as our previous version was from 2010. (We thought it was time
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All aboard! As we waited in the Bellingham Cruise Terminal Long Term Parking for our ship to arrive…suddenly it does! Almost 2 1/2 hours early! We planned on going over to the Ferry Terminal and watch it come in but they fooled us. It was supposed to be 9am so
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We departed Waterton Lakes National Park and drove north, via Drumheller (land of the dinosaurs), and on to central Alberta to visit friends and family. We ended up moochdocking for several weeks around the area with relatives and then headed to Camrose for a week or so to get full
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After you enter Waterton Lakes National Park it isn’t long before the beautiful Prince of Wales hotel appears prominently atop a hill on the shores of Upper Waterton Lake. The Prince of Wales Hotel was constructed in 1926-1927 and is steeped with history. The hotel was built during one of
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