Crossing British Columbia

After a wonderful several days with Al and Lucie spoiling us rotten, we have to pry ourselves loose from our newfound comfortable oasis and head east.  We have friends in Alberta to see and eventually we should get back to… Read More ›

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Heading to Vancouver Island, British Columbia

After finally being able to get the steering head bearing I needed (thank goodness they had it in stock!) we head for the ferry at Tsawwassen and off to Vancouver Island.  I’m so excited to see this part of the… Read More ›

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Welcome to Canada / Bienvenue au Canada

Hoje (21/06/15), após 295 dias e 54 mil quilômetros, entramos no décimo oitavo país dessa incrível jornada, o Canadá. Nossa porta de entrada foi pela Cidade de Vancouver, na Província da Columbia Britânica, e foi bem tranquila. Apenas respondemos algumas perguntas e em seguida fomos liberados sem ter que passar pela vistoria de aduana. De Bellingham/EUA a Vancouver/Canadá são menos de 100 quilômetros e por isso tivemos tempo de sobra para caminhar por essa cidade incrível…. Ler mais

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Ferry Up

Our plan to take the AlCan Highway had been changed to take the Cassier Highway. But, when we got to our friends’ house in Kitimat and did a little research, we changed it again. There was a ferry available the next day. We’d heard it was difficult to make reservations on the ferry, -especially going read more

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‘Ksan to Kitimat

Near the pioneer town of Hazelton, a Gitxsan village called ‘Ksan has been reconstructed. It features several totem poles as well as the tribes beautiful longhouses. Ceremonies are still performed here, and there is a four-year college program with emphasis on the cultures woodworking, carving and painting. A small museum displays artifacts and the gift read more

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Crossing B.C.

From Jasper, we had a decision to make. Initially, we figured we’d drive up the Al-Can Highway. Looking at the map more closely, we didn’t see many places we were interested in stopping, so we figured the CAssier might be abetter choise – way over on the West Coast. So, we hit the road. We read more

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Alaska at last

  Our trek through Canada has taken us through Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon, all vast open spaces. Taking the eastern access highway,  2 days riding from Edmonton saw us reach the official start of the Alaska Highway at…

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White Swan Down

We had a tip to go out to Lussier Hot Springs – another riverside natural hot spring seemed like a good idea to start the day. But, this one was scalding hot. Way too hot. I imagine in the winter or summer it might be better, but we could hardly dip a toe in. We read more

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Border Time, Eh.

Aboot a month after leaving Colorado, we finally reached the Canadian border.   The weather was great, so we decided we would stop for a celebratory beer in the sunshine at Kimberly. This is a little faux German town not far from the border, where $9 will get you a single beer on the patio. read more

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Video – The Meaning of Desk to Glory

“We all define home in different ways. To a lot of people it’s a specific city; for others, it’s their parents’ house. But, for some, home is a red Toyota pickup and the person sitting next to you. Ashley & Richard are the overlanding duo that make up Desk to Glory. They hail from Vancouver, […]
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On the quest for the elusive Justin Beaver and the discovery of better things

Emma had spent the entire trip through Canada peering hopefully into all the lakes and rivers trying to spot a beaver. Justin Beaver was not keen on making an appearance however. These elusive ‘Justins’ (as they soon became known on the trip) seemed to be hiding from us. We spotted plenty of other wildlife: bears, […]

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So are we in Alaska, or British Columbia?

As we’ve mentioned, we quite enjoyed Alaska, we didn’t want to miss our last opportunity for a visit, so we made the detour to Stewart and Hyder. Stewart is in British Columbia. Hyder is right next door and is technically in Alaska, although they do use Canadian money and run mostly on Canadian time (except […]

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Glory to Desk – Our First Month Home

To be honest, our first month home was a bit of a whirlwind.  Within a week we had found a new place to live and bought a truck.  By the second week we had visited all of our immediate family and moved the necessary belongings into our new home.  We were both back to work by […]
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Vancouver Island Part 2

If the weather did not turn, we could have stayed at our blissful campsite at Lake Cowichan for days, however, a storm front made us decide it was time to move on. We had read about the Cowichan Valley which is considered the “gourmet trail” through Vancouver Island and part of the...
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Vancouver Island- Part 1

Years ago I saw a picture of Vancouver Island, in the picture there was a wild coastal beach with tide pools that had deep purple starfish. I am not sure why, but it it stuck with me. I wanted to visit this place one day and walk on rugged, driftwood covered beaches where purple starfish...
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The challenge of big cities, British Columbia

Before this trip, Sam and I were city people. We have lived in LA, San Francisco (Sam also in Austin and Dallas), and while we spent a lot of time during the weekends hiking and outdoors, when we traveled we would spend days exploring cities, trying new food and soaking up the city energy. One...
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How “The Chief” kicked my ass

So I got my ass handed to me by “The Chief” and it was not pretty….but I am jumping ahead. We arrived from the Alaskan ferry to Prince Rupert, Canada at 2 AM (who ever does the ferry schedules is just evil fyi). We had planned to book another ferry on the Canadian ferry system...
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