Canada and Alaska
July 5, 2022 - We're flying to Halifax. Our Luis comes by ship
July 7, 2022 – Pick up Luis at the port. In total it took us the whole day. Of course it goes faster if you get up earlier or just do your things without waiting for others. But it was more fun that way and we heard exciting stories.
July 8, 2022 – Start in Halifax towards Quebec. It quickly became clear to us that the approximately 1,020 km could not be done in one go. So we had an overnight stay in Fredericton. We used the time in the evening to give Luis more space.
And the taillight is now on the bike rack, everything according to regulations!
July 9, 2022 – Continue to Quebec, it took some time to find an available campsite. Luckily there are only 3 official ones in the city.
July 11, 2022 – After the city tour in Quebec we continue to Montreal, it’s only about 300km.
July 12, 2022 – Full stop, Luis has a problem! Just arrived in Montreal and reached a workshop (https://www.landroverlaval.com/). Clutch broken, radiator leaking and a few other small problems.
July 24, 2022 – We have a temporary alternative, a Dodge Charger, and we drive and sleep in the car. Everything works. We are currently in Mont Tremblant National Park.
July 29, 2022 – July 31, 2022 – after Luis was still not finished, we drove to Toronto
Find Penguins: https://findpenguins.com/4bghekcxvpogd or
Polar step: https://www.polarsteps.com/KaiOlafDammenhain/5161546-panamericana
The first section should take us to Chicago. Change of plans - he goes to Montreal directly to Alaska via Ottawa, Winnipeg...New text
08/01/2022 – we are on the way to Winnipeg (Arnprior – Antrim Truck Stop) – an unconditional recommendation
08/04/2022 – it's driving well, we're rolling at about 85km/h and landed in Dryden today
Aug 5, 2022 – Winnipeg, the first big stage has been completed.
Aug 8, 2022 – Edmonton, across the states of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and now Alberta about 3650 km from Montreal in just under a week, we used about 390 liters of diesel, which isn't bad at all
Aug 9, 2022 – from Grand Prairie to Fort Nelson - on the Alaska Highway and everything around us - oil business
August 13, 2022 – landed in Keno City (Mayo and Silver Trail), the journey went via Liad River Hot Springs, Watson Lake, spent the night very nicely right at the Recriation Center, showered in the morning and then continued to Faro, a very nice public campsite
August 18, 2022 – from Faro we went to the Dempster Highway https://www.dempsterhighway.com/ and on this to Tuktoyaktuk (08/16/2022) directly to the Artic Ocean and back again and at the end to Dawason City. A short stop in Eagle Plains (the hotel is very nice - we still stayed at the Rock River Campsite)
August 20, 2022 – 2 days of relaxation in Dawson City (arrival on August 18, 2022), small inspection and cleaning of car, clothing and people
August 23, 2022 – Fairbanks, we are from Dawson City on the "Top of the World" Highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_World_Highway drove across the border to Tok/Alaska (08/21/2022). From Tok we continued on the Alaska Highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Highway to Delta Junction (end of the Alaska Highway) and then (Richardson Highway - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_Highway) drove to Fairbanks.
August 25, 2022 – Departure for Deadhorse – Dalton Highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Highway - Destination Prudhoe Bay, the place where Alaska produces oil - an impressive structure along the Alaska Pipeline
August 27, 2022 - Arrival Deadhorse
August 28, 2022 – Marion Lake Campground - after an overnight stay in the oil workers' hotel (Aurora Hotel http://theaurorahotel.net/ very pleasant, really) Departure back towards Fairbanks
August 29, 2022 – back in Fairbanks, a day break, washing and resting
August 31, 2022 – Drive to Denali National Park https://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm, that night there was frost for the first time but we saw Denali (see pictures)
September 02, 2022 – Denali Highway exit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali_Highway , we take a small detour to Anchorage from the 2nd to the 3rd overnight stay on the highway and arrive in Glennalen (Northern Nights Campground) on September 3rd, 2022.
September 5, 2022
- Anchorage (09/04/2022) and we will stay a few days, we drove the Denali Highway to Paxson, then the Richardson Highway to Glennallen and then the Glen Highway via Palmer (visiting Muskox Farm
https://www.muskoxfarm.org/) to Anchorage
- Overnight stay in Soldierna on the way to Homer
– Seward, previously trail to the Exit Glacier https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit-Gletscher
September 12, 2022 – Whittier, overnight at the hotel https://innatwhittier.com/
and on September 14th. the ship goes to Valdez
September 14, 2022 - Valdez, overnight at Valdez RV Park https://www.valdezrvpark.com/ , a real recommendation - we were the last guests for this season
September 16, 2022 - from Tok to Canada, Beaver Creek border crossing, overnight at Kluane Lake (Congdon Creek Campground), we have now circled the Wrangell Mountains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrangell_Mountains and the mountains (Mount Blackburn, Mount Wrangell and Mount Sanford seen
September 17, 2022
– Whitehorse, from Beaver Creek via Kluane National Park, with the highest mountains in Canada (Mont Logan https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Logan) and great lakes for camping
September 20, 2022
– Departure from Whitehorse towards Watson Lake along the Pelly Mountains, changing at Lower Post onto the Cassair Highway to Jade City
September 21, 2022 – from Jade City to Iskut – detour on Telegraph Creek Road to Glenora and back
September 22, 2022 – Drive to Stewart Highway 37A
September 23, 2002 – Drive from Stewart to Salmon Glacier and back to Stewart (short detour back to Alaska)
September 24, 2022 – Departure from Stewart towards Prince George, overnight at Fraser Lake (right on the lake) before Prince George)
September 27, 2022
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Drive along Highway 16 and stop at Mount Robson (an amazing mountain) Arrival (September 26th, 2022) in Jasper (Whistlers Campground, very large but good and cheap) - Trip with the Jasper Skytrain to the Whistlers Summit, beforehand an overnight stay on September 25th, 2022 at Lasalle Lake (beautiful right on the lake)
September 28, 2022
– Arrival in Banff (Banff National Park) – Morning departure from Jasper (Jasper National Park) – On the way (Highway 93 – Icefield Parkway) stop at Athabascan Fall and of course at the Columbia Icefield Center and hike to Athabascan Glacier – we are at Mount Edith Cavell drove past and thought of Aunt Edith
October 2, 2022 – Calgary/Okotoks – we were in Calgary on September 29th, 2022 and brought our Luis to TRS Automotive. Gearbox is broken. With that we drove back to Banff and enjoyed the days there. Now we are in Okotoks with Laura and Jeff
October 6, 2022 – Waterton Lakes National Park (https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/waterton) – he’s still driving and we’re just looking at everything.
October 10, 2022 – Procter/Nelson, we visit Dorothea and Peter, whom we met at Fraser Lake. It's like we've known each other for years
October 14, 2022
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Calgary/Okotoks – back with Laura and Jeff
October 17, 2022 – Vancouver/City/Downtown – Airbnb, we are here by plane while Luis is being repaired
October 28, 2022 – back in Okotoks/Calgary – back with Laura and Jeff, the gearbox is there and is already being installed - hopefully things will continue soon
November 5, 2022
- Exit Okotoks towards Vancouver, drive along Highway 1 - Trans Canada Highway, over the Rocky's with a lot of snow and difficult road conditions and detours (HW 93 and 95) - but the Luis drives great
November 6, 2022 – Arrival in Vancouver Island Nanaimo (ferry crossing from Horseshoe Bay) and then directly to Duncan / Mill Bay
November 9, 2022 – Departure by ferry from Victoria (British Columbia/Canada) to Port Angeles – Seattle USA
This concludes our adventure in Canada and we begin the second part USA!
