May 25, 2018 - Tadoussac to Quebec City

I’m back on-line again. Yesterday I hadn’t set up the satellite dish because I was only there for one night so I had no TV, no Internet, no nothing – not even anyone who spoke English. I’m getting sick of Quebec & am looking forward to Ontario next week. On the map, today’s route looked like it would follow the river most of the way but it was actually quite hilly. There was also a very strong head-wind so the big Ford V10 had to work pretty hard. Who knows what the fuel mileage will be & at 139.4 cents per litre it’s about the most...

May 24, 2018 - Alaska Highway

Day: 13 Miles: 350 Total Miles: 3306 Start: Boya Lake, BC Stop: Whitehorse, YT Campground: Hi Country RV Park The Cassiar Highway ends at the junction with the Alaska Highway, about 11 miles west of Watson Lake, YT. After about 400 miles on the Cassiar, we are ready for a change. We had a steady rain all night last night, but the sun was shining early this morning with a beautiful view of Boya Lake. We had a nice breakfast at Watson Lake and then moved across the street to the Sign Post Forest to look for our sign that we “planted” in 2011....

May 23, 2018 - Cassiar Highway

Day: 12 Miles: 303 Total Miles: 2956 Start: Meziadin Junction, BC Stop: Boya Lake, BC Campground: Boya Lake PP We continue to define our days as dreary. Low clouds and drizzle greeted our early departure from Meziadin Lake PP. The view along the road was rugged mountains that were still topped with snow. The first 100 miles had forest down to the edge of the road which made it hard to see the mountains along the Cassiar Highway. Later in the day the sun greeted us with views of the mountains as we traveled north. After hours of 50 mph speed...

May 23, 2018 - Grasslands National Park

May 21st One of our goals this trip was to travel back roads as much as possible and today we got our wish. From Cypress Hills we followed the highway along the Alberta/ Montana border. We drove seal chip roads that were so bad they made the gravel roads look good. Our goal was to reach the Grassland National Park in southern Saskatchewan by early afternoon but Edith (the GPS) and road signs conspired against us. We took our first wrong turn (not likely the last) and went many kilometers down a highway that we thought would lead to the park...

May 21, 2018 - End of an era/new directions

Hello folks. Well it finally happened. The MH has a happy new owner and we are now able to plan our new direction. Lots of plans being made already. But then a bump happened lol. Look what followed Randi home and needed some loving. They are quite a handful but lots of fun at same time. Hot tub has been installed, waiting for pool now and then our work here should be done. Will be nice to hit that finish line. Hope all are well and enjoying the start of summer. Take care all and see you down the road someday.

May 21, 2018 - Cypress Hills, Alberta

May 19 Happily we wake up to no rain and the cloud is high enough that we can at least enjoy the mountain scenery before we leave Waterton Lakes. As we go for our morning walk a group of deer wander through the town site (Bowie is not sure what to make if them). The Prince of Wales hotel is still there surrounded by burnt forest and is just about to open for the season. We were able to walk around the grounds and see the stunning view down the lake. On our drive out of the park a bear put in an appearance and crossed the road while all of...

May 20, 2018 - British Columbia

Day: 9 Miles: 249 Total Miles: 2150 Start: Jasper, AB Stop: Prince George, BC Campground: Blue Cedars CG Such a good sleep last night. The trains finally stopped rolling by and the first one this morning was about 0430. I think the number of trains compares with Sandpoint, ID where we saw over 100 trains per day. As we continued our drive through the Canadian Rockies, the views just kept coming. Our stop at Mt Robson was nice, but the mountain was covered in clouds – disappointing since we saw the mountain in full sun in 2011. Before we...

May 19, 2018 - More Canadian Rockies

Day: 8 Miles: 204 Total Miles: 1901 Start: Banff, AB Stop: Jasper, AB Campground: Overflow CG The drive from Banff to Jasper along the Ice Fields Parkway is one of the most beautiful drives you will ever encounter. Our morning started with the short drive from Banff to Lake Louise. Beautiful snow covered mountains all along the way. We made a short stop at Lake Louise for pictures and enjoyed the views of the ice covered lake with the snow capped mountains in the background. Just as we noted in our journal in 2011, as we drove along the...

May 18, 2018 - Grand Falls to Temiscouata-sur-le-Lac

I didn’t go far today, just 125 km, but I’m in a new Province, a new time-zone (EST) & feel like I’m in a different country. Although Canada is officially a bi-lingual country, I learned in Fredericton that New Brunswick is the only official bi-lingual Province. All the others are mono-lingual, Quebec French & the rest English. This means that in everyday life, everything here is in French. Some people can speak English & chose not to, but many people I’ve had dealings with genuinely struggle communicating in English. I studied French for 8...

May 18, 2018 - Waterton Lakes Alberta

Day 7 May 15, 2018 The drive today was perfect. The transition from the coast to the mountains is specular. We took our time and traded off drivers so we could enjoy the changing mountain scenery. We are following Hwy 3 along the southern edge of the province passing through Castlegar, Salmo and Creston. The original plan was to stop at Yahk but the River Moyie overflowed its banks and the park was closed due to flooding. Everywhere we went today the rivulets and streams were torrents of fast moving water. This pushed us to within 25 kms of...

May 18, 2018 - Banff

Day: 7 Miles: 243 Total Total Miles: 1697 Start: Waterton Lakes, AB Stop: Banff, AB Campground: Tunnel Mountain Village II Rain, rain. It rained all night last night and continued this morning. Our first stop of the day was at Pincher Creek, AB for restocking groceries at the same Walmart we stopped at in 2011. After Pincher Creek, the holiday traffic was heavy and our Canadian friends were in a hurry and impatient. I had to hit the brakes 3 times in 5 miles to allow cars back in their lane after passing a string of cars. All day we saw...

May 17, 2018 - Rain

Day: 6 Miles: 0 Total Miles: 1454 Start: Waterton Lakes, AB Stop: Waterton Lakes, AB Campground: Waterton Townsite CG Describe a dreary day. Overcast, intermittent rain showers, cool, low clouds. Today. The rain started late yesterday, and continued off and on all night and a light steady rain most of the day. During a lull in the rain, we walked to town, had some refreshment and walked back. Unfortunately our plan for a scenic cruise did not happen due to the weather. It has been a day for reading and resting after several long days on...