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Alaska – Day 8 – Liard River Hot Springs, BC

By on Jun 28, 2018 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

*This is the story of our journey from Fort St John BC, to Liard Hot Springs BC.* We woke up around 7; Emmy packed up while I worked for the morning. We ended up leaving Uncle Tim’s place around 11am for Fort Nelson. This part of the highway was much nicer than that south of Fort St John. It was just a two lane highway amongst the forest and hills. It didn’t hurt that the weather was just perfect hovering around 60 degrees and sunny as could be. I was enjoying the balmy weather and left my jacket cufflinks open to soak up all that cool air into my jacket. Not 30 minutes later do I feel a bug fly into my right hand jacket arm and then something sting me! I quickly clenched my bicep where I got hit, to try and squish whatever got me, but I could tell whatever was there was still kicking around. I pull over at the next turnout, rip off my jacket like a mad man and sure enough...

Alaska – Days 5-7 – Our Stay With the Smith’s

By on Jun 21, 2018 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

This is the our stay at the Smith’s before we continued to Alaska. We stayed a total of 4 nights at Uncle Tim and Aunt Roz’s, and we had the *best* time. I was able to catch up on a lot of needed work and also got to do some fun things with the family. On Tuesday, Em went and saw a movie with the family and apparently Uncle Tim thought they were all going to die before they even made it to the movie theater because Aunt Roz was driving like a speed demon. And the movie must have been pretty funny because they all came back in high spirits laughing about their favorite parts. Wednesday, Uncle Tim took us all out on their river boat on the Peace River. I had never been on a river boat before, and it was so so much fun. Apparently, it wasn’t the best season for river boating because the river was running so high, but we still had a ton of fun. We explored the river some...

Alaska – Day 4 – Fort St. John, British Columbia

By on Jun 20, 2018 in Adventure & Travel | 1 comment

This is our adventure from Hinton KOA, Alberta to Fort St. John, British Columbia. RJ: It seemed like we had hardly laid our heads on our pillows when it was time to start another day on the bike. It was a beautiful sunny morning; perfect riding weather. We opted to take showers before heading off which ended up being well needed and quite refreshing since we had been on the road for several days. Consequently, we found out that the *one* towel we brought along wasn’t quite as practical or convenient as we previously thought. Shout out to Emmy for being a trooper and letting me use it first. Feeling refreshed, we packed up the tent and took off on our way to Fort St. John.  The road we took was marked as the “Scenic” route to Alaska, but we couldn’t help but laugh because it was chump change compared to the previous day of riding. Not to mention, the road was in...

Alaska – Day 3, Part 2 – Jasper/Hinton, Alberta

By on Jun 7, 2018 in Adventure & Travel | 3 comments

This is part 2 of our journey from Kelowna, BC to Jasper/Hinton, AB We were finally back on the road around 1pm or so after the Bell store debacle. We still had ~9 hours of driving, so we needed to book it lest we’d get into camp after midnight. The road was very scenic along the river and through the mountains. One of the funnest things about the initial part of the drive were the waterfalls right along the road! We could always tell when one of those roadside falls were coming up because the temperature would drop suddenly, and we’d freeze our rumps off.  However, I think we both agreed it was worth the freeze. Several hours in, we stopped at a gas station to fill up and take a quick break for a late lunch. There was a section of grass with benches outside the nearby Tim Hortons which was perfect for Emmy to cook some PoRitos (Potato-Burritos). After lunch, we headed into...

Alaska – Day 3, Part 1 – Jasper/Hinton, Alberta

By on Jun 6, 2018 in Adventure & Travel | 2 comments

This is part 1 of our journey from Kelowna BC, to Jasper/Hinton, AB Our agenda for the day was twofold. First, we needed to acquire a sim card from Bell (Canadian Mobile Service Provider) so that I could stay connected with work while in Canada. Second, we needed to drive to the Jasper/Hinton KOA. We were particularly excited for this second objective because we opted to take the longer and more scenic route through the Banff and Jasper Parks in Alberta. The bell store opened at 10am, so we planned our day accordingly. We were going to pack up and head to the Bell store right when it opened, I’d drop Emmy off at the nearby Tim Hortons so she could charge our equipment while I dealt with Bell in getting the sim card. We figured an hour was a safe amount of time to plan for this ordeal, and then we’d be on our way to the beautiful Rocky Mountains. It’s important to note...

Blog Feedback

By on May 29, 2018 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Hey Guys, Em and I thought it be a good time to ask a few family members for some feedback on our blog. One thing lead to another and we now have a 2 page google form for *all* our readers :). Thanks in advance for the feedback! Loading… If the form didn’t load for you, you can view it here: https://goo.gl/forms/z3igijm3o6nEFkNC3

Alaska – Day 2 – Kelowna, British Columbia

By on May 29, 2018 in Adventure & Travel | 1 comment

This is the story of our journey from Culver, OR to Kelowna, BC on May 19th. We woke up with high hopes of getting an early start, then snoozed any chance of that happening down the drain. After an hour and a half of convincing ourselves that we’ll get up in the next 5 minutes, we finally got up to start our day. This was our first day camping in all of our new gear, and everything worked better than we hoped. We had everything packed within the hour and had time to make tea with our jetboil. Smashing success. We left around 10:30am which, believe it or not, is an improvement since yesterday, so we’ll take it! We made a quick stop at Taco Bell, mainly to stock up on Tbell hot sauce for our potato burritos we would be eating throughout our trip. (It may sound like something you would never try but Emmy thought the same thing until she ate one.) We were on the 97 for the rest...

Alaska – Day 1 – Culver, OR

By on May 22, 2018 in Adventure & Travel | 4 comments

*After a couple months of research, planning, and buying new gear and equipment we feel somewhat prepared to leave on a 5 week trip to Alaska. Here’s to hoping the bears stick to eating fish and not us.*   Friday, May 18, 2018: Emmy and I started on our new adventure to Alaska! I woke up early in the morning for a business meeting, and then finished up some work. Around 10am or so, we were ready to go, albeit some minor repacking to get everything to fit. We ended up leaving around 11am. Took the 99 to the 36 to the 299 then up to Klamath Falls, OR and took the 97 the rest of way. The ride up to Klamath Falls was great. It was fun seeing the north side of Mt. Lassen and then the east side of Mt. Shasta. That was a first for Em and I. We got lunch in Klamath Falls at a place called Chilitos Mexican Grill. We found it from Yelp, it’s basically like a Chipotle on steroids...