Off the beaten path adventures and musings.
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 …
This summer's road trip is 3 months and 25,000 kilometers of northern Canadian goodness. I've posted the general plan before, but this time I thought I'd share a list of some of the highlights I hope to see. (in approximately the order I plan to see them) B1 Wood Buffalo National Park, AB. The largest …
Fin The pictures of the end do seem a bit anti-climactic. There's a gate barring the way. But really, from what I can see on the map, you can only drive a wee bit further even if the gate is open. Maybe half a kilometre. But seriously, Caniapiscau is mind blowing. It was a perfect …
So I had reached the end of the road.(see part 17) I got out of the Jeep and wandered around. Very quickly the bugs started swarming. I grabbed my camera and put on my jacket. I snapped a few pictures, but was getting destroyed by bugs. The swarm was getting so bad that I could …
Caniapiscau. The end of the road is out of this world. After miles and miles of boreal forest, punctuated by some small lakes and massive rivers, the Caniapiscau reservoir is hard to fully take in. This is the largest body of water in all of Quebec. There are many contours to the shape of the …
Past Brisay, the last 90km are where the adventure truly begins. The road is much narrower, and it gets quite rough. Not the kind of rough that you need high clearance for...but intead, the kind of rough that rattles everything. You could drive a car on this, but I would be seriously worried about shredding …
The Narrow Twisty Road 