Two weeks in August is not a lot of time for summer fun but we managed to squeeze in a trip to the mountains and cover a lot of territory this year. The “plan”: Jasper-Wells Gray-Prince George-Stewart-Hyder-Mt. Robson-home, the outcome: pretty close to the plan and the in-between bits were just as much fun as [...]
July 25: Skagway – Haines This morning we awoke to dry tents. Amazing as it had rained on and off all night but the winds were strong enough to quickly dry us when the showers eventually stopped in the early morning. At the RV park we finished our laundry and went for breakfast at a [...]
July 20: Canyon City Camp km 12.1 What an exhausting first day on the trail! We started from the Dyea campground/ trailhead and hiked just over 12km… all uphill. Well, it seemed like a lot of up. Steve had boot trouble again which he tried to remedy with the miracle fixer- duct tape (we will [...]
During the summer of 2002, along with our friend Steve, we successfully completed the Chilkoot Trail from Dyea AK to the headwaters of the Yukon river at Lake Bennett BC. July 14-15: Edmonton, AB – Liard Hot Springs, BC We’ve had two long days in ‘the saddle’ and are now at Liard Hot Springs, British [...]
Four a.m. is way too early to start a vacation but there we were on our way to the airport, destination Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica for a week of sun and fun. We had decided at the last minute that we would give Costa Rica a try to see if we would go back for [...]
