Posts about Canada
Hitchhiking from Texas to Alaska Part Eleven: Whitehorse to Tok
Once again, we got quite lucky with our rides. Quite early in the morning, we began hitchhiking and were soon rewarded with a ride going a few kilometers out of the city to the junction at the Alaskan highway and […]
Stop(s) in Whitehorse
1,620 km and 30 hours of crazy hitchhiking later, we had made it to the city centre of Whitehorse, Yukon. We were now out of the Canadian provinces and into the northern territories. The first order of business, as usual […]
Hitchhiking from Texas to Alaska Part Ten: Prince George to Whitehorse
Hitchhikers in every corner of the planet understand the trials and tribulations of getting a ride from within a city, and luckily for us, Elle sympathized with our plight. She drove us to the outskirts of town near a gas […]
Hitchhiking from Texas to Alaska Part Nine: Prince George and the Ancient Forest
We spent 4 full days with our red Chevy Cruze giving us the luxury to go wherever, whenever, but now it was time for us to give it up and move on. We packed our things and cleaned out the […]
Highlights in Jasper National Park
While in Vancouver we had found a singular and last available back country campground permit on the Skyline Trail in Jasper National Park on the Parks Canada website. The 44km Skyline trail is very popular and campgrounds limited to single […]
Bearly Surviving Laurent’s Birthday
This would definitely be one of the most memorable days of the trip. It was Laurent’s birthday! We drove from our hideout which had slowly been populated by other budget travellers towards Lake Louise. We had been advised by a […]
To Jasper and Icefields Parkway
Sometimes while travelling you get real lucky. That day was today. We began our morning with some lovely breakfast and packed goodies from Emily’s friend’s parents. Tony dropped us off at the bus stop where we could catch a CAD […]
Vancouver
After four laid-back days of eating, drinking, and sleeping on Vancouver Island, it was time to go to Vancouver city and get some exercise again. To get there, we took our third ferry of the week from Nanaimo to Tsawwassen. […]
Shawnigan Lake Retreat
Brooks dropped us off right in the arms of Emily’s friend from Trinity College, Maddy. We bid farewell to our great American host for the ultimate Canadian experience, and proceeded to our next one- staying at a rustic wooden cottage […]
The Full Canadian Experience…eh?
Despite our disheveled appearances, Brooks greeted us cheerfully when we arrived at the doorstep to his truly fantastic house. After we dropped our bags off, he gave us a tour of his place including a sauna, salmon smoke house (more […]