Category Archives: On the Road

If you’d like to review our entire journey from start to finish, Click HERE to goto our first post, “Getting Everything Packed….” post on 11 May. Then, at the top and bottom of each post, look on the left and … Continue reading →

We didn’t sleep very good last night –  HOT and noisy. In a way that was good, we got up early and hit the road. A quick stop for gas, some coffee and off we go. Iowa should be named … Continue reading →

We talked about it last night and decided to press hard to make it home in two days instead of doing a slow easy travel in three. At one of our Walmart stops, I bought some Freon for the Toyhouse.  … Continue reading →

We got a quick cup of coffee at the Toyhouse and then hit the road.     Heading down US-93 we ran across two of these “Overpasses”.  These were built to allow the migrating deer population to cross the road … Continue reading →

Coffee and breakfast in the Toyhouse.  checked our e-mails (I can tether my Droid for Internet access) before we hit the road. We couldn’t do this while in Canada because the Roaming rates for data are astronomical, And we couldn’t … Continue reading →

  2 June –  Fraser River – Seattle – Woke up to a quite campsite. Had Coffee and ate breakfast in the Toyhouse, then its on the road. It started raining again by late morning.  we stopped and had lunch … Continue reading →

We have been hearing on the radio about high waters in and around Smithers and upstream (This is where we stayed last night). When we drove through Smithers this morning, they had sandbagged and diked some of the buildings and … Continue reading →

We woke up to a cold, smooth Simmons Lake this morning. The furnace kicked on several times last night.  Jodie made us a cup of coffee and some pancakes and bacon.   I cleaned up the camp site and then … Continue reading →

30 May – picking up the Cassiar Highway During the 30’s when the Alaska Highway was under planning,  the Cassiar highway route was actually the first choice, and the current Alaska Highway route was choice #3.  When WWII broke out, … Continue reading →

29 May – Heading south Into Canada We’ll take a different route going home. Jodie wants to swing through Washington State, so we’ll stay on the western side of Canada.   We entered Canada this morning.  The First 50 miles … Continue reading →