Off the beaten path adventures and musings.
It just keeps getting better! I had a spectacular day driving up on Mount Mac. Initially I was thinking: another mountain road...I've already driven two of them. This was well worth it. Apparently I managed to accidentally save the best for last during my time at Whitehorse. There are two roads up Mount Mac. The …
Yukon. I'm back. And it's just as grand as I remembered it. I'll admit, I was slightly worried that I had made it better in my head. I haven't arrived at the big mountains yet, but even the smaller ones are just so wild and majestic. It seemed like an almost instant transformation. I arrived …
I finally returned to Telegraph Creek, or more specifically, the road to Telegraph Creek. Six years ago I called it the best gravel road I'd ever been on, and I think that title still stands. It's 112 km of gravelly goodness, winding through the mountains toward the ghost town of Telegraph Creek. (there is also …
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My drive on the Cassiar Highway through northern BC was wet and foggy. It wasn't an exciting time, but I thought I should write about the bad along with the good. Even the rain makes for interesting pictures and stories. This post is a bit late because northern BC has zero cell phone coverage, and …
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I had such an epic day! I've been imagining this for several years now. The return to the Salmon Glacier, and exploring the old mining roads beyond. It's for days like this that I bought a Jeep! I woke up to the sound of rain on the tent. I'm starting to wonder if it rains …
Stewart, BC. There's a special magic to this place. I struggle to put it in words and I feel like the photos just don't do it justice. I first visited in 2013 and have since considered Stewart to be one of my favorite little towns. Now I've returned 6 years later...and it is almost exactly …
After a delightful day on the road to Wrigley, I headed south into BC. Part 2 of my trip is all about spending some time in Northern BC, to better explore some of the places I saw 6 years ago. One of these spots is Summit Lake on the Alaska Highway. On my way home …
When I put Wrigley in the trip plan there were a lot of unknowns. Aside from the fact that the NWT tourism website mentions it, there is almost zero info online. There are no pictures of the road itself. It is far off the beaten path, that much is sure. Its 200km of length made …
A few days ago I visited Wood Buffalo Park and Fort Smith, NWT and I was blown away by the hidden wonders. Wood Buffalo park is the largest park in Canada and its tucked away at the end of a long, lonely road, straddling Alberta and North West Territories. When I first added it to …
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Road tripping is hard. But so worth it. It's easy for me to talk about all the great things, but somehow the trials are what makes them great. These past few days have been more trial than anything else, but I have been held up and helped just when I needed it. I've probably pushed …
The Narrow Twisty Road 