Great adventures in diving, RVing and travel
Last summer we attempted a Rockies trip in the RV, but had to abandon halfway through because my mom fell and broke her arm. We rerouted to Seattle to care for her and missed several Canadian and American national parks as a result. This year, we decided to reboot the …
We have returned from a 2 ½ week RV trip to the California Bay area and the Central Coast over the Christmas holidays. While we are currently dealing with the Southern California wildfires, it is healing to reflect on the beautiful places and unique animals we saw just a short …
Our friends from Calgary have talked about Kananaskis for 40 years, but the guidebooks say that this area is mostly visited by Albertans and other Canadians, and is definitely not well-known to Americans. Possibly because the area of Kananaskis is made up of several provincial parks, rather than one big …
We were sad to leave Jasper National Park after such fantastic wildlife viewing. But the drive south on the Icefields Parkway that connects Jasper and Banff was stunning on a sunny day. We stopped briefly to view the toe of the Athabasca Glacier. (We had actually walked out on the …
We spent a fabulous week at Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, camping in the beautiful Whistlers Campground. Not as well-known as its southern cousin, Banff National Park, Jasper is less-crowded and more full of accessible wildlife than Banff. Wildlife lovers take note: Jasper at the beginning of June is …
While nothing can compare with our epic trip “to Alaska and back in 80 days” last summer, we had been wanting to return to the Canadian Rockies, which we had not visited since 2008 (pre-motorhome). So this was the year for this multi-week trip. Getting out of Southern California to …
We are safely home after our incredible Alaska adventure. In this blog post, we will revisit some of the amazing places we saw on our 11-week journey and include some short videos not seen in previous blog posts. In total, Hank drove our motorhome 8,272 miles from our home campground …
In this blog post, we wrap up our final nine days, spending time in Washington State and heading back home to Southern California through a severe heat wave. To Alaska and Back Part 11: Heading Home to SoCal Day 72 With the Alaska and Canadian portions of our trip concluded, …
In this blog post, we continue our journey home, backtracking on the Haines and Alaska Highways, then traveling down the Stewart-Cassiar Highway and the Glacier Highway to one more tiny piece of Alaska. We finish this post by leaving British Columbia and re-entering the lower-48 in Washington. To Alaska and …
In this blog post, we begin our journey home, leaving the main part of Alaska, backtracking on the Alaska Highway, and then traveling to a portion of Southeast Alaska (the panhandle). To Alaska and Back Part 9: Leaving and Re-Entering Alaska (in Haines)! Day 56As we departed the Fairbanks area …