My fellow RadRodonians,
I have yet to report on my trip to the North Rim of The Grand Canyon over the fourth of July and my trip to Ouray CO for the FJ Cruiser Summit. Both were INCREDIBLE.
AND…. here I am writing to you from Ft. Nelson BC. headed to the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Terr. then heading to the Yukon and finally to Alaska.
Just click the little “F” button and it will take you over to Flickr to see the picture sets of The North RIM. (myself and 4 FJ’s had the Canyon all to ourselves because we it was a 120 miles of off road to get there.)
Next Flickr set is Ouray CO. and the FJ Cruiser summit with great trail runs and over 225 FJ’s.
Finally my quarter trip report….
Mac Donald Lake in Glacier National Park….
Glacier Buses…..
One of many many waterfalls to come. (Can you believe I didn’t take any faux toes of Banff waterfalls !) This is still in Glacier Nat’l in MT
Alberta fields…. I found this this view breathtaking …
A little Banff from first full day in Canada…. Wow!
Day 3 in British Columbia:
The camping has not started because we (A friend flew into Calgary to join me) are trying to “book it” North so we can get to the real great stuff. It really helps to have a second driver.
Takes a lot of time to get around up here.
We are in an Oil (Fort Nelson) town that luckily has internet. Headed for “Muncho Lake” British Columbia today and will camp there. It got 5 stars from my Canadian FJ friends Jeff & Emily.
Here is a Google Image, since I have not been there yet. (Hum? Muncho. Is that what the skeeters do to you there?):
Also going to Laird Hot springs. (That’s nearby)
Probably spend the day around there.
Vast of rolling forests now. A lot of time where we are the only vehicle in sight.
Photo of scenic pull off (There were other vehicles at this point):
MY Photo… (I did not take many yesterday because we were driving a lot and the scenery was the same. Beautiful but not stellar)
Tiny unsophisticated gas stations / general stores.
We are going to try to make it to Inuvik and beyond….
From Wikipedia…
Due to its northern location, Inuvik experiences an average of 56 days of continuous sunlight every summer and 30 days of polar night every winter.
Access is via the Dempster Highway for the majority of the year. The highway relies on ferries and ice bridges to get across the rivers. It is thus closed during the time of freeze-up (roughly late-October to mid-December), for ice to form and allow ice bridges, and thaw (roughly mid-May to mid-June) to allow the ferry to run. At these times, there is air access only.
Anyhow, I will try to report more, (in my own words) as I go…. I consider the trip to be just now starting !
