Canadian Rockies Road Trip, Days 23-27 | Driving from Montana to Iowa | Clark Reservoir, MT | Pilot Butte, WY | Laramie National Forest, WY | June 2023 We started off our morning by driving up a nearby mountain, heading towards Lost Horse Observation Point. The road was a little rough, but we managed to…
Canadian Rockies Road Trip, Day 6 | Canal Flats to Radium Hot Springs, BC | Findlay Falls | Kayaking in Columbia Lake | June 2023 We woke up all alone in our campsite to a bit of a drizzly and misty morning. We took our time and stretched out our morning routine of oatmeal and…
Canadian Rockies Road Trip, Days 4 & 5 | Crowsnest Pass, AB to Canal Flats, BC | Lundbreck Falls & Fairy Falls | June 2023 After resupplying in Medicine Hat, we crossed the Albertan prairie to the Southwest and before long, the Rockies slowly came into view. Our chosen crossing was going to be Crowsnest…
Canadian Rockies Road Trip, Days 2 & 3 | Minnesota to Alberta | Big Stone NWR | Fort Dufferin | June 2023 On day 2 of this road trip and of van life, we continued driving Northwest along the Minnesota River where we made an unplanned stop at the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. We…
After we made the joint decision that we were in fact going to build a camper van – not rent, not buy a fully built up unit – I put my years of submarine and systems engineering experience…and more or less copied what everyone else did. Seriously though, there are soooo many resources, how-to-guides, and…
Visiting Independence Hall NHS | Philadelphia, PA | April 2023 When staying in King of Prussia, we felt that we should at least make one visit to Philadelphia. We knew there was so much to do and see in the city, but since we didn’t want to leave Charlotte at the hotel alone, we were…