From Calgary, we pushed toward Winnipeg. Doug and Cheryl had friends to see in Minnesota, and I had a plane to catch in Winnipeg. There wasn’t much to see — mostly just prairie and the occasional eerie sky caused by nearby smoke. We stopped in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and then in Winnipeg, Manitoba. At this […]
After several long days on the road, we finally arrived in Calgary, Alberta. Here, we met up with Cheryl’s friend, Jen, again, and she was gracious enough to play tour guide. On the first day, we went to downtown Calgary. I specifically wanted to see this city, home of the games dubbed the Calgary Stampede.
Cheryl had told me that between Watson Lake and Fort Nelson, we would have our best opportunity to see wildlife. Not long after we left our motel, Doug pulled into a parking area. I wasn’t looking at the road, and as I looked up, I was a bit confused. There were numerous signs nailed to
We spent three days in Fairbanks. One day was spent going up the Dalton. The last day was spent taking care of some mechanical work and finding out the truck needed new tires. We were lucky we had gone up the Dalton without any problems, given how bad that road was. The road might have
I have watched TV shows about Alaska and Canada for a long time. One I watched for several years was Ice Road Truckers, and I repeatedly heard about Dalton Highway, one of the ice roads. The Dalton Highway spans 400 miles from Prudhoe Bay, where the Alaska pipeline starts, and follows the pipeline all the
