August – September 2026 .. Having spent three weeks in the UK celebrating Dave’s Mum’s birthday, we returned to find Big Bertha fit and well. Although, a couple of unwanted guests had set up home in the driving cab (more on that later). First stop was to visit Alberta Upholstery to pick up our sofa cushions which had been reupholstered […]
June – September 2026: Having completed the Dempster Highway, it was time to head south, like snowbirds, before the onset of the winter in North America. Our destination was Calgary (4422km) from where we flew home to the UK for three weeks to celebrate David’s Mum’s 90th birthday. We started seeing more bears. Lots of them – our count was […]
June 2026: The Dempster Highway – a road with its own Facebook group! This unpaved (gravel) road leads from just outside Dawson City to the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk (Tuk) over a distance of 880 km (547 miles) with precious little in between – three very small towns and two (seasonal) ferry crossings. For comparison, Lands End to John O’ […]
May/June 2026: This leg of our trip did not start off well. No sooner had we left Anchorage to explore the Kenai peninsula than Big Bertha suffered a fuelling problem necessitating a visit to a workshop back in Anchorage. We did manage a good walk at Russian River Falls in the Chugach National Forest and then went onto Lower Ohmer […]
May/June 2026: We were making our way down the Kenai peninsula from Anchorage and pulled in to what looked like a nice campsite for the night when Big Bertha’s dashboard suddenly displayed an error code (1-03779-01). Strange, Dave thought. This needed investigation and so we pulled into our camp spot and turned the engine off. Big mistake. It would not […]
May 2026: At Watson Lake we joined the Alaska Highway heading west and we continued to drive long distances – this stretch was 2,155km (165km/day on average). This part of the trip was more about watching the magnificent scenery roll by and covering ground. At Jakes Corner we left the Alaska Highway and headed towards Skagway on the Klondike Highway. […]
April/May 2026: We left Vancouver City feeling like we were setting out for the North Pole! We were on a mission: drive up through Canada to Alaska, tour Alaska, cross back into Canada and drive up to the Arctic Ocean on the Dempster Highway, before heading south to be in Calgary for early August to fly home for Dave’s Mum’s […]
April 2026: ‘Wild camping’ for a camper the size of Big Bertha was a little difficult in Vancouver City and so we settled for an expensive downtown campsite rather than a free spot far outside the city. This was a good choice allowing us to explore the city easily on foot, with public transport or with Uber. First up was […]
April 2026: We picked a beautiful afternoon to cross from Port Angeles, USA to Victoria, Canada, capital of British Colombia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. We had heard Victoria has a very British feel to it and we were looking forward to one of its famous high teas. The ferry docked deep into the harbour with sweeping views […]
Crossing into Washington State from Oregon, our first stop was Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Here we explored the historic fort (with working kitchens and blacksmith), the small aviation museum and the more modern fort. The historic fort was a major outpost of the Hudson Bay Company, chartered in 1670, by King Charles II, and originally established as a vast […]