Liard Hot Springs was our ‘decompression’ stop. It takes a lot of work to get ready for five weeks on the road. That must come as no surprise. Still, here’s a from-the-hip list of departure planning and challenges that we faced in the run-up to our trip at the end of this post. Maybe it’ll be a help for someone planning a similar …
Yukon Territory
Day two, and Canada’s magnificent Yukon Territory. This is actually our second trip through Canada in The Beluga. In 2014, Zuzi sent me down to Portland, Oregon to shop for used RVs. We’d been searching Craigslist and the Alaska classified for months, but couldn’t find what we were looking for. So we turned our attention south toward more populated parts of the …
Leaving Alaska: Palmer to Destruction Bay
In March – 1992, nearly 25 years ago – I dropped down from a narrow mountain pass, swung my laboring 1980 Ford Tempo gently to the east and pulled alongside Kluane Lake and Destruction Bay in Canada’s Yukon Territory. The name Destruction Bay is remarkable enough to stick in my memory, but the place holds more significance for me than simply a …