Central, AK Part 2

June 14th, 2008

We spent one more day with the Tyrrells, enjoying the local hot spring, more home cooked wild game, and a short flight in one of their bush planes, the Piper 12 which just have new 31-inch Bushwheels put on it. We flew out to Circle, I peed in the giant Yukon river, then we flew [...]

Angel Rocks and Chena Hot Springs

June 4th, 2008

Because we cut Denali short out of juvenile frustration we had more time than expected around Fairbanks. This ended up working out well because there are some amazing hiking trails around. After we visited our friend Luke at the hangar where he works (he had to work a few more days before our river [...]

The Alcan

May 18th, 2008

After Banff it was time to bear down and do some real driving. Alaska was days away still. So we did just that: drive. The first day (starting late after the climbing, around 5PM) we drove up past Edmonton to Grand Prairie, where we camped for a few hours before waking up early to make [...]

British Columbia Backcountry: Nelson

March 28th, 2008

While I bide my time here in Bozeman contemplating my MegaTrip around North America, I thought I would post one a previous trip, just completed. Flesh out the blog a little, give me a chance to play with putting pictures up, that kind of thing. And procrastinate doing anything school related tonight as well, of [...]