The drive was not as bad as predicted. Yes, there were bad stretches of road, yes there were pilot cars and yes it was a long day. There were places you could only drive 30kmph or 50kmph (20-30mph) but all-in-all…
Whitehorse YT, Day 21, 104 miles, total miles 2,028
The climb out of Skagway to Whitehorse was uneventful for everyone, thank goodness. It is an 8% grade for 12 miles with the Canadian border crossing at the top. 109 miles later is Whitehorse, Yukon Territories with a population of…
Juneau, AK – Updated
The capital of Alaska is Juneau. Even the locals admit the capital building is, as they say, 50th out of 50 state capitals as far as beauty is concerned. Juneau is landlocked as the only way to get there is…
Skagway, AK. Days 17-20. 159 miles / 1,924 miles total.
Skagway is a “port city” where the cruise ships come. We were on an Inside Passage Cruise on Princess Cruise Line in the spring of 2007 with 30 of our friends from El Paso. Again this trip we took the…
Ft. Nelson, 284mi, Liard River Hotsprings, 191mi, Watson Lake 130mi, Teslin 163mi. Days 13-16. 1,765 total miles
Day 13. We left Dawson Creek, Alaskan Highway Mile Zero headed northwest to Ft. Nelson, BC. Along the way we drove thru miles and miles of burnt forest on both sides of the road. Sad, and the locals told us the…
Dawson Creek. Day 11-12; 334 miles / 997 miles total
Dawson Creek, BC, Canada is Mile 0 for the Alaskan Highway. How did it get to be mile zero when it is 1,031 miles from the USA you ask? Good question. Right after Pearl Harbor in 1942 the US decided…
Jasper Alberta, Day 9-10. 143 miles, 663 total miles, Updated
Banff Ice Fields. The Ice Fields are the Athabasca Glacier, which is over 750 ft deep and about a mile wide and many miles long. The actual glacier is one of 5 in this immediate area, and it is shrinking…
Lake Louise, Day 7-8, 110mi / 520mi total, Updated
Long but beautiful day. After an overnight rain at the Lake Louise State Campground, a limited service national park campground located in tall Fern and Spruce trees, we departed for the day in an excellent Brewster passenger bus and driver…
Calgary Stampede day 2 – Updated
On day two it rained in the morning but quit by Rodeo time. We headed out to the Stampede Grandstands, which are covered, and it rained until opening ceremonies then cleared off over the next few hours. The rodeo area…
Calgary & the Stampede. D4-6. 240mi / 411mi total
Calgary is a big city with tall skylines due to the oil fields. Lots of friendly people and the young women wear short skirts, cowboy boots and tops. The young men dress like young men everywhere, although they do get…
Fort Steele. D-3, 174miles, 174mi total-Updated
Fort Steele. D-3, 174miles, 174mi total Our first stop in Canada was Fort Steele, BC. The drive was about like driving thru Colorado before the mountains. The border crossing into Canada was interesting. With 24 rigs going over about the…
Coeur d’Alene – Day 1-2
The time has arrived. We are in Coeur d’Alene for day 1-2 of our Fantasy Tours Caravan to Alaska. Day 1 is the rig inspection, the placement of the Fantasy Tours decals on the rigs and tow vehicles and check-in.…
Glacier National Park
What can you say. Magnificent. It is also very hard to photograph the grandeur. We traveled the Going to the Sun Highway which starts in West Glacier and goes 50 miles up and over Logan Pass and down to St.…