A very bad night last night. It was unbelievably warm. More like being in the southern Mediterranean than the Artic. To cool us down we had the roof vents wide open and at 1am the sun was still shining through. Getting to sleep in broad daylight is difficult. Consequently we…
Happy Birthday Dad. 107 today. Shame you only made it to 70. 🙁 A great camp site last night. Secluded, sheltered and only a few campers. The last few nights have been freezing so we put another layer on the bed, but it was a warm night, till about 4am. …
The Dempster is supposed to be a contender for Canada”s most scenic and challenging drive. Yukon and the Northwest Territories are certainly absolutely vast and empty, but are a tame wilderness. There is no comparison to Siberia the Stans and Mongolia. The Dempster may be a gravel road, but it…
Chicken! A scrawny one at that. Our camp site last night, au natural, was much better than anything on offer in the settlement. The bonus this morning was that ‘she’ started reasonably quickly. Due to the location and difficulty of extraction, backed into a tree enclosed space, down a bank…
Dennis was awake early, before 6am and thought it would be a good idea if we got on the road. I didn’t think it was such a good idea but, reluctantly, got up. Continuing south east from Harding Lake was a very pretty drive. Lakes on one side, the Tanana…
What a flee pit of a camp site!! A commercial site. Disgraceful. Never mind, we are again on the road early at 11am!!..:) I think the cabin is way too comfortable for early starts. We set the alarm and go straight back to sleep. It’s a promising looking day. Nice…
Our riverside campsite wasn’t so peaceful after all. Kids racing around on quad bikes and being noisy until after midnight. Dennis had a restless night. He kept telling me there was a mosquito in his ear! Last night we had a minor catastrophe. The Caranex door zip finally gave up…
First up. Happy Birthday Bob. Trust that knee is working great and you can run around the block again..:). It’s already the 3rd in NZ. A couple of days ago I made a tongue-in-cheek reference to the paucity of wildlife. Well, I received a chilling email response from Bill of…
I chose the RV campsite we are staying at because it is the closest one to central Anchorage and has excellent wifi. The guide also told me it was next to the railway, so I was expecting some noise! I have to say it is one of the noisiest places…
Nobody accosted us for payment this morning for our camping site. It’s still the shoulder season and things will change from 1st June? But maybe they wont, as you could say it’s a pretty laid back part of the world, up here. The name Tok (pronounced Toke, short for Tokyo)…