Drink Up – Way Up, North
Jim reviews the best cocktails, craft distilleries, and microbreweries across Canada and Southern Alaska.
Working the dream life for 16+ years.
Jim reviews the best cocktails, craft distilleries, and microbreweries across Canada and Southern Alaska.
A mouth-watering tour of our favorite restaurants and Alaska and Canadian Food on the Alcan highway from British Columbia to the Yukon to Alaska and back.
What a joy to discover Canadian food porn in abundance as we traveled the bumpy road to and from Alaska.
More photos and videos from the high points of our summer spent RVing to Alaska, featuring highlights and favorite stops along the way.
Scenes from Salmon Glacier in BC and the Columbia Icefields Visitor Center in Jasper National Park, complete with photos, video, and global warming commentary.
We don’t buy gadgets without good reason. Here’s why the Thermacell Mosquito Repeller needs to be on your must have Alaska RVing gear packing list.
Do you like rockhounding? Learn why Jade City is a lapidary geek’s dream on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway going to and from Alaska, with bonus tips about drilling jade to make pendants and jewelry.
Challenges, never problems! When RVing to Alaska be ready to encounter mechanical issues with truck and trailer repairs, satellite internet malfunction, and roadside emergencies.
Boondocking on the Alaska highway was our highest high of our northerly journey, and after finding this secret spot near Destruction Bay, it would permanently remind us of our lowest low on the trip.
Just how do you tow a fifth wheel trailer with a broken leaf spring? Watch this video for details from the five hour Low Boy tow after being stranded on the Alaska Highway, with tips for managing the stress on any situation.
Two photos of our fifth wheel flat tires compare the dramatic damage difference before RV TPMS and after RV TMPS were installed before our Alaska Highway trip.
A message in a bottle from the Chilkoot Distillery hopes to find its way to a distant shore from the mouth of the Salmon River, with memories from a long strange trip to The Last Frontier.
Another Walmart Free Camping Spot Bites the Dust in Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway. Where will Alcan highway RVers go now?
Satellite Internet service from Mobile Satellite Technologies keeps these RVers online way up north in the Yukon and Alaska, with various factors that must be considered to ensure a network lock.
Even the best plans sometimes need to change and it’s time to switch to Plan B. That’s why we took a Southeast Alaska RV cruise on the Klondike Loop from Skagway to Haines.