Saturday, March 16, 2013

October 2012

We've been making preps for the trip north. Found a few pictures from our trip down that might be fun to post. I shot a lot of video but took few stills. One of these days maybe I'll tackle the videos, too.

The trip started out pretty well, except for the price of gas. We saw some swans that I think were trumpeters before hitting Anchorage, and passed through the caribou migration on the Tok Cutoff.




Ouch
Heading towards Canada
The blizzard begins when we cross the border
Insert a few hundred miles of white knuckle driving here.
Limping into a motel in the Yukon during a break in weather
Odd ice star formation on the trailer tires
15 degrees F. this night somewhere in the Yukon
We run into another blizzard on the Cassiar Hwy.
Ancient totems in Kitwanga
Out of the snow in southern BC

Tractor

 What is it about tractors that is so exciting? Bob is giddy with excitement and the neighbors are begging to take selfies on it. But the wi...