After our summer-long trip to Alaska, we’re traveling south through British Columbia, Canada, and the climate, sunlight, ecosystems—really everything—is all changing rapidly. No more alpine or subalpine terrain, and it’s kind of shocking. I shouted out to Tracy when I saw a cow. We both said, “Hey, look at this!” when we had to use the flashlight […]
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Down the Cassiar Highway
We’re heading south through far-western Canada along the Cassiar Highway, a relatively new road (1970s) that connects the Alaska Highway to British Columbia. There are a few small First Nations villages on either side, and that’s it. The Cassiar The highway runs through the Cassiar, the Coast, and the Skeena mountain ranges, in a southward river […]
We Haven’t Even Gotten to Alaska Yet
I wasn’t going to post yet again today, but good grief I can’t believe this place. Just on the Roadside This morning, we drove for less than two hours north from Stone Mountain Provincial Park, and still we saw a ton of large wildlife. It’s hard for me to take photos out the window, especially […]
Inching Our Way Up the Alaska Highway
We’ve been enjoying our trip north from Edmonton so much that our progress to Alaska has been sloooow. Doug and Melanie are ahead of us such that we missed our first scheduled rendezvous-vous, and we might miss the second! What have we been up to? Bird Capitol of Alberta We spent a mere single delightful […]
