Windshield Repair (Whitehorse)

Windshield Repair (Whitehorse)

As you may have read, we had a golf ball sized rock flung by an oncoming truck into our windshield. This caused a 2 inch diameter rock chip. Mike had covered the area with scotch tape in Dawson Creek. We drove through 3 days of rain and snow before arriving in...
Valley of the Five Lakes (Jasper)

Valley of the Five Lakes (Jasper)

The Valley of the Five Lakes is a 4.5km/190 ft elevation hike in Canada’s Jasper National Park, located 9km south of Jasper on the Icefield Parkway (Hwy 93). Parks Canada describes the trail as, “Five small, brilliantly blue-green lakes are the highlights of...
A Trifecta of Troubles

A Trifecta of Troubles

A multitude of maladies beset us during travel today from Jasper, AB to Dawson Creek, BC, all three occurring on the Bighorn Highway, aka Route 40. First up was our old friend the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL), that helpfully illuminates in the dash upon a chassis...

Carbon Monoxide Wake Up

We’re sleeping peacefully at the Pittsburg SE KOA when around 1 am a piercing shriek awakes us and my first thought is the smoke detector is going off. I groggily grope around the unit looking for a switch to mute it (after seeing and smelling no smoke). After a...

Driving WY-22 and Teton Pass in a Motorhome

I normally check the route ahead of time for any possible big rig snafus, but somehow I missed this one. Jackson, WY to West Yellowstone, MT is a commonly driven route, and Google Maps happily takes you up via WY-22, up and over Teton Pass. This pass includes 10%...

Initial Problems with our Newmar Dutch Star

After all the problems with Tiffin dealers (dealer #1 and dealer #2) we decided to switch manufacturers to Newmar and hope their dealer network was better. Alas. Our brand new Newmar Dutch Star had the following problems, which took months to fix: The passenger seat...