Vancouver Island to Smithers, British Columbia

    The great scenery continued when we hit the Canadian mainland heading north. There are a couple of routes we could take and we’d been told both were incredibly scenic but we chose to head into the mountains and go through Whistler on the “Sea to Sky...

Vancouver Island – British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Island –another step closer to Alaska       Our border crossing in to Canada was the easiest yet. We rode on to the ferry in Port Angeles, Washington State, spent a glorious time sitting in the sun catching up with our friends Ken & Carol...

Washington – the beautiful scenery just goes on

Washington State       We cross the mighty Columbia River in to Washington State.  The river has been dammed in several spots to control the river flow. This saw the demise of falls that had been the fish grounds of the local first nation residents for...

Oregon – possibly the most beautiful place on earth

  Oregon is a paradise of mountains, trees and rivers     From Yosemite we take in a bit of the Wild West in Nevada’s Virginia City. Complete with wooden footpaths and saloons like the “Bucket of Blood”.  Mark Twain began his writing career here at a...