Two Kinds of Northern Travelers

Rae | July 4, 2010

There are two kinds of travelers to Yukon, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories. The first type are those like myself who consider the northern roads like the Dempster and Top of the World as being part of the adventure. Sure, it can suck to drive in thick mud or have a rock ding your windshield, [...]

A Change of Plans… and a Dawson City Homecoming!

Rae | May 8, 2010

I got twenty kilometres up the Klondike highway today and decided to push on to Dawson, then do a circuit by toad and tent in late June or early July when more things will be open. It’s been a pretty lonely winter and I just couldn’t wait to see my friends again! It was a [...]

Fort St John to, Uh, Let Me Check the Milepost and Get Back to You About that

Rae | May 6, 2010

Here is where I need to explain why I panicked about the windshield. I think I will seem a little less silly once I’ve shared this story. A few years ago, en route to Toronto, someone threw a rock at my car from an overpass. The rock bounced off my hood into the windshield and [...]

Prince George to Fort St John

Rae | May 4, 2010

I pulled out at about 8:30 this morning and was able to confirm that Prince George really needs to put more money into its signage. Last year, I used my GPS to get out of town and wound up on a road with a bridge that had too low of a clearance for Miranda. This [...]

The Chasm to Prince George

Rae | May 2, 2010

I read for several hours Saturday night, well past sunset, and as it got chillier I moved to the bed where I read some more, until almost 11. I was given some great books by a supplier at the gas station, a fellow Quebecer in exile, including a trilogy that I have wanted to read [...]

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