Category Archives: Van Life

Day 10 6/30/26. Tuesday  Today we chose to not move forward so it’s going to be an easy slow day. Not much to tell. We started the morning looking for open campsites that were available on the first come-first serve basis. After 3 laps around we settled on our site. It was situated away from theContinue reading “Liard Again!”

Day 9 6/29/26 Monday Buckle your seat belts… today was a doozy! Beautiful beautiful beautiful Mosquitos Galore Nice camp spot last night. It rained all night. We seldom stepped foot outside at this camp because the mosquitos were thick. I did a video this morning from my window… yikes! Many times when you are “inContinue reading “Northern Rockies scenic drive”

Day 8 6/28/26. Sunday It will be another rainy, cool and cloudy day. Good day to travel and get some miles under our belt. We are planning to camp at Liard Provincial Park Hot Springs tomorrow (Monday night) about 500 miles up the road. So the closer we can get the better… more time toContinue reading “AlCan Highway start”

Scenic Route to Alaska Day 7 6/27/26 Saturday Hinton AB to Grand Prairie AB We are continuing north now toward the start of the ALCAN Highway. I have only one objective today and that is to take care of some laundry. It’s been a week and we have some clothes to wash!  We’re going toContinue reading “North 40 Route “

Day 6 June 26,26 Friday Drive Maligne Canyon in Jasper NP to Maligne Lake Tried to take a short hike along the Maligne River in the “bridges” section. It was the only trail open after the fire. That hike didn’t last long… needed our muck boots. The river is high and every little side streamContinue reading “Miette Hot Springs “

Day 5 6/25/26 Thursday Looks like another beautiful windless day. Expecting some rain later in the day. We shall see.  Leisurely morning since we are staying put for the day. We have another night in this campground and we intend to bicycle around some trails along the Athabasca River and to Pyramid Lake this morning.Continue reading “Explore Jasper area”

Day 4 6/24/26 Wednesday Banff to Jasper BC Another beautiful day. Sunny and pleasant temp.  Hoodoos above Bow River Bow River Falls We headed north to Jasper National Park today. There were many places we did not stop because it was far too crowded with visitors and cars. You could wait a long time toContinue reading “The color of the lakes and rivers!”

Day 3 June 23, 2026 Tuesday Free Parking in Banff is a premium. Even though it’s only Tuesday we left camp at 8am to park in the free parking area near the Train Station. Once there we had some breakfast and got the bikes ready to ride our 30 mile out & back on theContinue reading “Banff/Bow Valley Parkway”

Day 2 June 22, 2026 Monday Choteau MT to Banff AB Canada Entering Canada on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The Port of Piegan/Carway near Babb MT. It enters Alberta west of Lethbridge and directly south of Calgary Driving north of Choteau on the Ivan Doig Memorial Highway. Ivan Doig is a famous Montana writer. SomeContinue reading “We keep returning to Canada”

Day 1 June 21, 2026 Sunday Grasshopper Creek Inn Polaris MT to Choteau MT. We are starting our trip after joining our Spa to Spa friends on their annual bicycle ride around the Pioneers. (See Spa to Spa bike ride in 2025 posts). We left Grasshopper Creek travelling the Pioneer Wild & Scenic road toContinue reading “Western Montana headed to Alberta…again😊”