The Alaska Highway!

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In case you were wondering...

Canada is big, empty, and beautiful.

Along the way...

We've always said that Allie was too smart for her own good, but today she proved it. We've been using the TomTom to help guide us through Canada. Every once in awhile, the TomTom would tell us to turn around. Somehow, the destination was changing to "Home," which is still set as Medford. After the third time, I noticed that Allie's little paws were reaching into the center consule. That dog was telling TomTom to take us back to Oregon! I think she's getting a little nervous about her life as a tundra puppy. However, once we got TT safely out of her reach, we were fine. Many of the towns and cities (and somtimes single buildings) are named after their location along the original road to Alaska. We stopped at the town of 100 Mile House. We took a little walk through Centenial Park to another waterfall, Bridge Creek Falls. Though not as spectacular as either of the falls yesterday, it was a nice diversion. We kept driving past Prince George and decided to camp at Crooked River PP. The mosquitos are so bad that even Chris has sprayed himself, but otherwise, it seems to be a nice place.

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Another birthday and another country! I wish it included a passport stamp, but no such luck. (However, we were welcomed by a very convincing Keanu Reeves look-alike!) We crossed into Canada early and headed towards Vancouver. The traffic was a annoying to say the least, so we decided to not spend any time in the city. Instead we took off along the "Sea to Sky" highway. It was a bit of a mess due to construction. They're getting ready for the 2010 Olympics at Whistler. Once we got going though, the drive was just the way you would imagine, hairpin turns and all. We stopped at Shannon Falls PP and Brandywine PP. Both parks had lovely waterfalls a short walk from the road. We stopped for a late lunch at Whistler at a BBQ joint. We sat and ate our sandwiches while watching a little family hiking down a grassy ski lift. As we were watching them, I noticed an odd brown figure moving above them. It was a mama bear and her 2 cubs ambling across the ski run. While part of me would have really liked to see them a little closer up, I'm glad our first bear sighting was at a safe distance! We finished the Sea to Sky and met up with hwy 97, the road we'll be on for the next couple of days. We slept in Clinton at Cariboo Lodge. Nothing fancy, but they had hot showers!...

It has begun!

After spending a few wonderful days hanging out with Jason and Marie, we left Portland and drove north. We stopped in Seattle to see Heidi Lee one last time for chowder at Duke's on Lake Union. Washington, north of Seattle, was gorgeous. It was lush and green and had just a few towns to spoil the view. We had planned on crossing the border and camping outside of Vancouver, but instead, we stopped just outside of Blaine and the border. We slept at Birch Bay SP. It finally felt like we had started our journey.