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Dease Lake to Liard Hotsprings… NOT QUITE!

Posted onAugust 7, 2022October 29, 2025

Day five of our journey started out like day 3 and 4 – raining and cold.  We packed up and had a breakfast made from food and snacks we purchased the day before at the local grocery store.  We then Read More …

CategoriesAlmost to Alaska

Stewart to Dease Lake

Posted onAugust 7, 2022August 7, 2022

Day four started out like day three – pouring rain and miserable.  We had coffee, packed up and decided to have breakfast somewhere along the way. It rained off and on most of the day…  We made it out to Read More …

CategoriesAlmost to Alaska

Prince Rupert To Stewart

Posted onAugust 7, 2022October 29, 2025

Day three of our ride started out just after midnight when we unloaded from the ferry in pouring rain and headed to our motel – The Moby Dick Inn.  Luckily for us, they had a few spots of covered parking Read More …

CategoriesAlmost to Alaska

Ferry Ride

Posted onAugust 6, 2022November 19, 2023

Day 2 of our 2022 adventure consisted of 16 hours aboard the BC Ferry’s Northern Expedition.  We booked a cabin and paid extra for the lounge seats.  It was an excellent choice, despite the cost. The loading procedure was not Read More …

CategoriesAlmost to Alaska

Nanaimo to Port Hardy

Posted onAugust 6, 2022November 20, 2023

Day one of our 2022 adventure started out with an early morning ferry ride from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo.  We picked up Doug and Cathy in Tsawwassen and we were on our way!  We stuck to the east coast of Vancouver Read More …

CategoriesAlmost to Alaska

Almost to Alaska….June/July 2022

Posted onAugust 5, 2022November 28, 2023

In February, 2022, Giselle and I were looking at doing another extended ride, this time further north than we had ever been.  We have already experienced all the roads south of HWY 16 from Prince Rupert over to the Alberta Read More …

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November 2021

Posted onNovember 20, 2021November 20, 2023

As travel restrictions were beginning to wind down from COVID, Giselle and I needed to return to Cotacachi to get more coffee!  Actually, we were just yearning to go back to experience more of our paradise.  We stayed in the Read More …

CategoriesEcuadorTagsEcuador

Volunteering at Place of Hope

Posted onNovember 11, 2021November 20, 2022

This morning I got up early and was picked up by our friend Don to go and help out at the Place of Hope.  This is a volunteer organization that helps feed the poorest of the poor in Cotacachi.  Each Read More …

CategoriesNovember 2021

A Bus Trip to Ibarra

Posted onNovember 8, 2021November 20, 2022

We ventured out from Cotacachi today to look for the bank that, according to the CIBC website, we could use to set up an account and direct transfer money from CIBC in Canada to Ecuador without fees.  Our lack of Read More …

CategoriesNovember 2021

Cotacachi Street Art…

Posted onNovember 7, 2021November 20, 2022

Today, Giselle and I went for a long walk around many of the streets in Cotacachi in search of murals and beautifully painted doors.  This is a bit of what we found. There was an artist who went around and Read More …

CategoriesNovember 2021

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