Having explored the Kenai peninsula we were keen to fit as much into the ten days we had left of our Inca to Inuit adventure. Desperate to venture as far north as our little car would take us we…
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The second half of our three week Canadian leg with my parents saw us depart from Jasper heading South. What awaited us was one incredible glassier-filled road, the biggest rodeo in the world, and the amazing semi-desert of the…
Alaska, the last frontier and the ultimate adventure playground. When Jake and I decided where we wanted to travel some three years ago, one thing was clear, we wanted to see and explore Alaska. To us, Alaska was an…
The Yukon. Just the name of the place conjures up images of wilderness. Nothing other than pine forest, bears, and gold. The truth is pretty close to this assumption, and because of its wildness, the Yukon and driving the…
Jake’s mum Samantha has very kindly written a collection of guest posts which will cover our time together in Canada. Here’s the second in the series. Back on the road, we headed into the Rockies, a long and initially…
When Lyndsay and I first talked about travelling through North America two things we both agreed were must-sees were Yosemite and Yellowstone National parks. I was lucky enough to have already visited Yellowstone fourteen years earlier. The memories I…
Perched high above the Colorado River in the red desert lands of Northern Utah stands over 2,000 natural stone arches. These sandstone arches stand proudly amongst a landscape of contrasting colours, landforms and textures unlike any other on Earth.…
The drive from Colorado into Utah has to be up there as one of the most stunning drives of our US leg. Having run into an old pipe smoking guy at the local tap-house in the foothills of the…
Driving from Chicago to the Colorado Rockies is like a terrible novel you just have to finish. It is impossibly long, extremely boring and you’re glad when you’re at the end of it. After an impromptu jaunt to Toronto…
It would be nothing short of sacrilege to visit Texas and not spend at least one evening eating overly cheesed nacho’s, drinking warm beer and watching some real life cowboys get to work. After a week exploring the Texas…