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Klondike Road Trip Part 8: Taming the Whitehorse
Miss our adventures in Tombstone Provincial Park (Yukon), Dawson City (Yukon), Kluane National Park (Yukon), or backcountry hiking? Not see my escapade on the side of the mountain? Overlook the time we watched three grizzlies fishing or visited Skagway? Check out parts 1-7 of the Klondike road trip at the links! WE DID IT. We made it to the last installment of the Klondike... Read more »
Klondike Road Trip Part 7: You've Gotta (Gold) Rush to Skagway
Miss our adventures in Tombstone Provincial Park (Yukon), Dawson City (Yukon), Kluane National Park (Yukon), or backcountry hiking? Not see my escapade on the side of the mountain? Overlook the time we watched three grizzlies fishing? Check out parts 1-6 of the Klondike road trip at the links! Alaskan cruises have definitely risen in popularity over the years, and because of its location on... Read more »
Klondike Road Trip Part 6: Bear Down, Alaskan Bears
Miss our adventures in Tombstone Provincial Park (Yukon), Dawson City (Yukon), Kluane National Park, or backcountry hiking? Not see my escapade on the side of the mountain? Check out parts 1-5 of the Klondike road trip at the links! If you’ve never gone backcountry camping before, you’re in good company. I didn’t have my first “haul all your gear 13 miles up... Read more »
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Klondike Road Trip Part 5: Beef Jerky Saves Lives
Miss our adventures in Tombstone Provincial Park (Yukon), Dawson City (Yukon), Kluane National Park, or backcountry hiking? Check out parts 1-4 of the Klondike road trip at the links! If we’re lucky, there are maybe a handful of times in our lives where we truly reveal our character. Sure, every day is an opportunity to learn about yourself, but most... Read more »
Klondike Road Trip Part 3: Courtneyana Jones & The Last Frontier
Miss our adventures in Tombstone Provincial Park or Dawson City? Click the links for Parts 1 and 2 of our road trip through the Yukon and Alaska! Trip Itinerary + City Guides Our journey from Dawson City into Alaska via the Top of the World Highway took us a few hours and one border crossing... Read more »
Klondike Road Trip Part 1: What do You Want on Your Tombstone?
I’m fascinated by what others may call some “seriously weird shit”. On a recent flight I watched a documentary about typewriters, and I once applied for a job because it would give me the chance to handle artifacts from the Canadian fur trade. I’m also devastatingly cool in case you couldn’t tell. One historical period that I’m curiously fascinated... Read more »
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"Load up the Camper Van, Bud! Glory Awaits!": Road Trip Adventures in New Zealand
Miss our adventures bungy jumping, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, or exploring the cyclone-hit city of Cairns? Click the links to read more about our adventures down under! El and I love ourselves a good road trip. From our WWII sites trek to stalking Game of Thrones filming locations in Ireland to an epic 16... Read more »
Welcome to The Rock: Icebergs, Cliffs, & Getting 'Screeched In' in Newfoundland
If you’ve taken a long Air Canada flight in the past year, you’re sure to have seen ads to visit Newfoundland & Labrador before your movie/show starts. And if you’re like me, man did those ads work. Shots of rowboats bobbing on the water, puffins flapping their wings, green cliffs towering over ocean water, and Irish... Read more »
Fish are friends, not food: Adventures on the Great Barrier Reef
When Finding Nemo came out in 2003, I think everyone, including yours truly, got hit with wanderlust to see the Great Barrier Reef. And with more and more news reports coming out about coral bleaching and how the GBR’s days are numbered, it seemed that a trip there was pretty pressing. So at the tail end... Read more »
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Canadian Rockies Road Trip Part 4: German Guardian Angels & Hitchhiking in Jasper National Park
Miss our shenanigans in Banff, on the Icefields Parkway, or narrowly missing a grizzly bear in Jasper? Check out the posts at the links! After invoking the spirit of Tenzig Norgay during an uphill climb through a snowstorm, and finally reaching the Watchtower campsite in Jasper National Park, El and I ate dinner with Jenny, a fellow... Read more »
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