Category Archives: Van Life

Final Stats and thoughts June 19- August 20, 2026 Total Days: 61 Days Canada: 25 Days Alaska: 34 Lower 48: 2 Total Miles: 7600 Avg speed limit: 50 mph but we averaged 35/mph Miles/gal avg: 18 miles/gallon. Price of gas Canada: $1.95liter $5.27/gal Price of gas Alaska: $5.45/gal Van Life. Days spent in sleeping in van:Continue reading “It’s a Wrap/Alaska by Van”

Day 59…60…61 8/18-8/20/26 Tues, Wed, Thurs They have an expression in Alaska when the residents are going to the “lower 48”… they say they are “Going Outside”. We are going Outside today…returning to the USA at a Washington State border. The border crossing is Blaine, WA near Vancouver BC. Happy Birthday! Let me start todayContinue reading “the lower 48…”

Day 58 8/15/26 Monday  Highways. We are on our way to Squamish BC today. Starting the drive this morning and we hadn’t gone very far and suddenly we were on a 4 lane highway, the Trans Canada. We hadn’t been on this type of multi lane highway, with the exception of the city of Anchorage,Continue reading “Back to the sea”

Day 57 8/16/26 Sunday Mountain bike ride. Let’s start today with a mountain bike ride….attempt anyway. Started, stopped. Chose a trail that’s better suited to hiking. Reroute to an easier trail on the lake. That was good but too short. Did this same start/stop a couple times. The truth is…I wasn’t interested in really mountainContinue reading “Day of mixed opinions”

Day 56 8/15/26 Saturday We departed Stewart today on what is going to be their biggest day of the summer. It’s Community Weekend with pancake breakfast, artists market, hot dog and beer garden this evening with a live band in their center park. It’s another beautiful warm day and the traffic is not busy onContinue reading “Smithers BC…sweet town”

Day 55. 8/13/26 Thursday evening and… 8/14/26 Friday It’s another last day in Alaska! Hyder AK… the outlier. Two objectives in Hyder today. Bear viewing and driving up the road to the Salmon Glacier. This glacier is actually back in BC. But you must go to Hyder to get there. Bear viewing. We bought ourContinue reading “Hyder AK…bears & glaciers”

Day 54 8/13/26 Thursday Health update. My cold has finally relented.. it was a tough 3 days but I finally feel so much better. Not needing sleep, more energy, an appetite, not sneezing and Kleenex attachment!  Good morning Mount Edziza!! This morning bodes well for a gorgeous day driving into the coastal/glacial fjord mountains toContinue reading “Stewart BC/Hyder AK”

Day 53 8/12/26 Wednesday  Foggy this morning. We were/are expecting a sunny day. At some point it will burn off.  Dease Lake. Coffee crisis. Didn’t realize how low the supply was when shopping in Whitehorse … let’s see what Dease Lake has. Bought coffee .. Tim Horton’s was the most reasonably priced. Kicking Horse coffee wasContinue reading “Telegraph Creek”

Day 52 8/11/26 Tuesday We had a rainstorm last night. It rained pretty hard for quite a while. It sent everyone scrambling inside tents and campers for the evening. Disappointing because it was beautiful and calm on the lake. I, however, still felt pretty miserable from my cold so I crashed out early. We areContinue reading “Jade city”

Day 51 8/10/26 Monday  Fairly sunny start this morning.  Then it turned to showers. Back to bright but cloudy before the turnoff to Hwy 37. The Cassiar Highway.  We have seen several cyclists today. They are riding either north to south or vice versa. Prudhoe Bay to Argentina. Some have shorter routes. Lots of soloists. CassiarContinue reading “Cassiar Highway start”