Alaska!
Midnight Sun Summer 2026
Carcross to Whitehorse, Yukon
Day 16 7/6/26 Monday Mosquito count: campsite in am: high Whitehorse: low Since we are back traveling north and headed to Whitehorse, Yukon we had another opportunity to visit the Carcross/Tagish First Nation cultural center. It was pretty busy with cruise ship busses last time we were here. This time it’s only 9am and the…
Haines Alaska
Day 15 7/5/26 Sunday Mosquito Count: low (cool & breezy) Ferry to Haines AK. Taking our first ferry of 2026. It’s an express ferry to Haines AK. Takes about 50 minutes. We are taking our bicycles with us to take a ride and for transportation to explore Haines. Traveling a 90 mile fiord and as…
Skagway AK USA
Day 14 7/4/26. Saturday 4th of July!! Calm beautiful morning in Atlin when we woke up. The lake was like glass and it was sunny. We had hopes of going to Kershaw’s Coffee Cafe that is so cute but it doesn’t open until 10am. It’s 8am and we’re ready for breakfast so we made our…
Atlin BC
Day 13 7/3/26 It rained all night and we woke up this morning to a dusting of snow on the surrounding peaks of the lake. It’s still really cold outside 43’F with a slight breeze. Doesn’t look like a warm 4th of July. We drove south to the town of Atlin. In the distance to…
Atlin Lake
Day 12 8/2/26 Thursday It’s cold out today. On our drive at 11am it’s only 44’. Good news… fewer mosquitos (maybe). Rain showers were on/off during our drive. Little snippets of sun on occasion. We are taking a tangent today off the Alaskan Highway and headed south back into BC to Atlin Lake. Continental Divide.…
Yukon Territory
Day 11 7/1/26. Wednesday Woke up to a cool, wet morning. Our destination is Watson Lake, Yukon Territory Canada Day! Doesn’t appear to be as big of a celebrated day in the province of BC. As I was talking to a BC woman the other day and mentioned it was almost Canada Day she was…
Liard Again!
Day 10 6/30/26. Tuesday Today we chose to not move forward so it’s going to be an easy slow day. Not much to tell. We started the morning looking for open campsites that were available on the first come-first serve basis. After 3 laps around we settled on our site. It was situated away from the…
Northern Rockies scenic drive
Day 9 6/29/26 Monday Buckle your seat belts… today was a doozy! Beautiful beautiful beautiful Mosquitos Galore Nice camp spot last night. It rained all night. We seldom stepped foot outside at this camp because the mosquitos were thick. I did a video this morning from my window… yikes! Many times when you are “in…
AlCan Highway start
Day 8 6/28/26. Sunday It will be another rainy, cool and cloudy day. Good day to travel and get some miles under our belt. We are planning to camp at Liard Provincial Park Hot Springs tomorrow (Monday night) about 500 miles up the road. So the closer we can get the better… more time to…
North 40 Route
Scenic Route to Alaska Day 7 6/27/26 Saturday Hinton AB to Grand Prairie AB We are continuing north now toward the start of the ALCAN Highway. I have only one objective today and that is to take care of some laundry. It’s been a week and we have some clothes to wash! We’re going to…
Miette Hot Springs
Day 6 June 26,26 Friday Drive Maligne Canyon in Jasper NP to Maligne Lake Tried to take a short hike along the Maligne River in the “bridges” section. It was the only trail open after the fire. That hike didn’t last long… needed our muck boots. The river is high and every little side stream…
Explore Jasper area
Day 5 6/25/26 Thursday Looks like another beautiful windless day. Expecting some rain later in the day. We shall see. Leisurely morning since we are staying put for the day. We have another night in this campground and we intend to bicycle around some trails along the Athabasca River and to Pyramid Lake this morning.…
The color of the lakes and rivers!
Day 4 6/24/26 Wednesday Banff to Jasper BC Another beautiful day. Sunny and pleasant temp. Hoodoos above Bow River Bow River Falls We headed north to Jasper National Park today. There were many places we did not stop because it was far too crowded with visitors and cars. You could wait a long time to…
Banff/Bow Valley Parkway
Day 3 June 23, 2026 Tuesday Free Parking in Banff is a premium. Even though it’s only Tuesday we left camp at 8am to park in the free parking area near the Train Station. Once there we had some breakfast and got the bikes ready to ride our 30 mile out & back on the…
We keep returning to Canada
Day 2 June 22, 2026 Monday Choteau MT to Banff AB Canada Entering Canada on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The Port of Piegan/Carway near Babb MT. It enters Alberta west of Lethbridge and directly south of Calgary Driving north of Choteau on the Ivan Doig Memorial Highway. Ivan Doig is a famous Montana writer. Some…
Western Montana headed to Alberta…again😊
Day 1 June 21, 2026 Sunday Grasshopper Creek Inn Polaris MT to Choteau MT. We are starting our trip after joining our Spa to Spa friends on their annual bicycle ride around the Pioneers. (See Spa to Spa bike ride in 2025 posts). We left Grasshopper Creek travelling the Pioneer Wild & Scenic road to…
Let’s go to Alaska in a van!
Summer 2026 June 19 – September 4 We are embarking on the longest and biggest trip of our lives. 10+ weeks in the van. Driving from Billings MT to Alaska (Kenai Peninsula) and everywhere in between and then south to San Gregorio CA for a family wedding before heading back to Montana. At this point…
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