by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 11, 2011 | Canada, North America, Yukon
“I don’t think we need the sleeping bags,” Mare says. She had just lined our truck bed with foam, covered in blankets. “Nah, we don’t need them,” I respond. “Maybe we’ll camp one night and motel it for another.” We...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 18, 2011 | British Columbia, Canada, North America
Young boys gather around a picnic table. Two large plastic bottles of Vodka on the tabletop hold their gaze…until they spot Mare and Jack and I backing-up the pickup truck about three feet away from their tent. A sign with an arrow pointing south reads,...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 23, 2010 | Canada, North America, Yukon
After clearing Canadian customs from Hyder, we get to drive through the fjords again, and up the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. This rustic, part-gravel route runs through thick woods, and has hardly any traffic. We spot a red fox and a couple of moose, but are not quick...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 18, 2010 | British Columbia, Canada, North America
Jack has to stay inside the truck during the 15-hour ferry ride. He cannot see the bald eagles, trees, and mountains that line the Inside Passageway from the northern tip of Vancouver Island to the town of Prince Rupert. Mare and I get to go down and visit Jack every...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 12, 2010 | British Columbia, Canada, North America
After we book a tent campsite at Telegraph Cove, we embark upon a sea kayak built for two. Luke, our guide from “North Island Kayak” describes some of the sea sites. “First Nation People use the gel from this rock weed to protect their skin from the sun.”...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 12, 2010 | British Columbia, Canada, North America
Driving to the northern tip of Vancouver Island, we pass through Cathedral Grove which contains some of the oldest trees. Most of the forest here has been logged and replanted, two or three times…and we would never know the difference. However, in this area we see 800...
