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Day 18-21 Seldovia to Anchorage to Smithers Seldovia was the turning point of our great adventure. The return home began with our last-minute arrival at the ferry as they were putting the loading ramp away. We were each secretly a little excited by the prospect of spending an extra five days in...

Day 12-18 Anchorage to Seldovia: Our home sweet home on the road takes us to many amazing places, and Seldovia is no exception. We went to Seldovia to visit our friend Jeff, but our contact with him was sporadic since we weren't traveling with a cell phone. The magic of Seldovia began when we...

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Day 7-12 Whitehorse to Valdez to Anchorage: "Do you have any oranges or apples or any of that stuff?" the US customs officer asked us, and that was how we arrived in Alaska! Chris' first observation was that the road was so well paved that we could finally drive faster than 36mph without having...

We originally planned to go down to the lower half of BC to ski, but when we started hearing and reading about buckets of rain falling at high elevations in much of BC, an idea started brewing between us. Chris spoke, "Do you want to go to Alaska, Cat?" A day and a half of packing later, we hit...

checking in from Anchorage on our return journey. We had a couple amazing days ski touring at Thompson Pass skiing steeps & winter pow & made great friends! Then we hopped over to Seldovia for some skiing & ocean time for Easter. We just did a fast lap today in Turnagin Pass & spring is here...

Checking in from Valdez! AK coast just got hit by a storm but tomorrow weather is looking fine for touring at Thompson Pass. 5-6 days touring at the Ningunsaw Pass was amazing. Still with amazing winter snow quality. Truck is doing great! But mostly thanks to the Discoverer Studded tires...

ah ha@! We r back! Bringing this thread alive! We r in Smithers cooking a feast for the next week + packing up the camper right now... We'll leave tomorrow/Sunday for another ski adventure alaska bound!!! Duration: 22 days! Destination: Unknown! (But whereever the powder is good!!!)...

All right, we did a nice road/canoe trip last long weekend in North-Eastern SK / Manitoba. Here's what Cat wrote about our trip: In our last e-mail we wrote to you about driving on the frozen Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories at 100 km/hr. This time, we left our down jackets at...

Day 3: Stanley Mission to Nipekamew Sand Cliffs to Narrow Hills Provincial Park to Saskatoon. After my fail attempt to wake up in the middle of the night to look at northern lights, I got up earlier next morning to get some driving time in for the return trip to Saskatoon. I back tracked south...

Day 2: Weyakwin Lake to Lac La Ronge to Stanley Mission. Slept in really late, got up at 10:30am, back-tracked, & drove north on the Hwy 2. I saw my first black bear in SK! It was about 2 years old, hanging out on the road side until it saw me & fled into the bush. On my way to check out the...

So here it was, the famous May Long Weekend that I never had off from work since 2006 during tree-planting season. This year definitely feels like a jail break! I had 3 days, no destination, but I knew I wanted to check out the lakes & rivers in northern Saskatchewan. Throw in my kayak...

Ya, it would be nice to meet your friend someday. Does she cook at fire camps up there in the summer? As for Saskachewan, let's just see how long I will be here with my new "job". I wouldn't say long gone as my partner still has 1 more year for her master in Victoria. My new job has lots of...

April: -My rear 3rd blew up just before my move!!! -Moving time again...from Victoria, BC to Saskachewan!!! (Notice the sweet neightbord's Fuso!): Pemberton: Savona, BC: Truck finally made it to its 400000km!!! Rogers Pass: Last few turns on Bow Summit @ Ice Field...

Ah ha! It's been a while! I guess "real" life finally caught up with me this winter....Nevertheless, we managed to get out a couple time though. January: Our annual memorial ski tour - Paul's Ridge, Squamish, BC February: Mount MacDonald, Rogers Pass. Puff Daddy, Rogers Pass...

Acetylene bottle in the back of a Toyota FJ You can make the rules but you can't make people follow them. This happened in Regina Tuesday (29 November 2011). Here is what the owner said: So my time almost came to an end this morning...

New to me motor update: It turns out it's a bit less powerful than my old engine. don't really know why, but my old engine had 220psi compression & stock is 178psi -ish. Gas mileage went up a bit, to 14L/100km, mostly due to higher driving rpm & heavy pedal to compensate the slower motor...

So fall is here in Princeton & burning work has begun last week! Snow has come & gone, but we need more snow to keep burning though! But I finally got to "address" my camper roof condensation problem. Sprayed foam all the aluminium tubings & retaped my the roof insulation, & repainted...

Ski Mobile: 3rd Gen 22re Pickup Build: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/4811-Allochris-s-ultimate-buildup-thread!!!

Camper is holding great after all these years of use & 1 roll over! This coming week I hope to: -Paint the camper interior -Spray foaming inside of the frame's AL tubing to cut down on condensation in minus temp. I also got around: -Upgrading the 30psi gas shocks to 60psi assisting the...