Mile 10,793. Home. 75 total days on the road. The first thing I did when I got home was walk through a screen door, knocking it off the tracks. Twenty-five years in this house and not once, until now, have I walked through a screen door. And believe me, there[…]

Epilogue

Mile 9752. Armitage Park in Eugene, OR. 892 miles from home. Trains, trains, trains. That’s what it feels like anyway. We hit a bit of an anomaly in BC in Spences Bridge – what must be the hottest and most arid part of the province. Temperatures almost touching 100 degrees[…]

Ode to the Butt Shot

Mile 9022. Kokanee Bay Motel & Campground in Lac La Hache, BC. 64 days on the road. Population density returns the further south we travel. Towns are closer together, traffic is continuous, there are obvious signs of industry – logging, milling, semi trucks transporting goods, and an active railroad. Significant[…]

This is My Jar

Mile 8235. Bear River RV Park, Stewart, BC, straddling the U.S. border at Hyder, AK. Talk about getting an idea stuck in your head. Yesterday we took a 52-mile day trip to see the toe of the Salmon Glacier, the fifth largest glacier in North America. Only the drive was[…]

In Search of the Toe