Tag: roadtrip

When the sun came up we could see the mountains changing color between the trees making for a beautiful wake-up call. (Next camper: clear roof made from high-tech see-out-but-never-see-in material!)… Read more »

When we awoke, we found even more dense gray skies overhead, though still no rain. Suddenly the trip felt very close to over for both of us. We had passed… Read more »

We’ve reached sixty days on the road! Obviously we didn’t quite fit the trip into just 60 days but I’m pleased to say that nomadic life has suited us well… Read more »

This post is contributed by Shelley. August began slowly. We broke camp early since we knew we’d have to do the find-a-campsite dance again and headed south on the Icefield… Read more »

We had a leisurely morning knowing that we had the luxury of two nights in a row in the same place. We left “Wapiti” (French for “elk”, I believe) and… Read more »

In the morning we left the Pocahontos campground and ventured a little bit further into the park, playing the find-a-campsite game and eventually settling at a larger campground just south… Read more »

A tourist magazine we had picked up recommended a bohemian shopping district in Edmonton along ten blocks of “Whyte Street”, so we decided to hit that before heading out of… Read more »

This post is contributed by Shelley. We left the SK-AB border town of Lloydminster and drove westward. Once in Edmonton, we found the VW dealer, and to my surprise they… Read more »

We continued west and tried to balance a desire to make time against a desire to experience the countryside. Although the day started out nice, Saskatchewan’s weather quickly made the… Read more »

We broke camp in the morning and continued west. Manitoba is a prairie, and the 10-km-faster speed limit when we crossed from Ontario gave us an indication it might be… Read more »