Category: Western Canada

We have three-four months for 12k-mile road trip across central and western Canada, and all the way north to Alaska (our longest so far). The trip will take us across six provinces (ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, YT) and eight states (IL, WI, MN, WA, ID, MT, ND, AK). We are looking at some 20 major parks as our main destinations. Many very popular, but still of great interest as it is our first trip in this direction. We cannot see them all, but will make final decisions on the go. Same goes for camp sites, guest houses/motels, trails and alternate roads.

We have made quite a few improvements to our ☞ Subaru camper to make it more streamlined and comfortable on longer trip. We will gear-up for a couple of short multi-day hikes. So it will be a combination of car camping, tenting and from time to time resting under a roof. Packing the right stuff is critical. Minimalist is the description – it all worked quite well on our prior long road trips.

To get started we are looking for the first 3-4 overnight spots: in central Wisconsin (near Eau Claire), north Minnesota (Superior National Forest/Voyager National Park area) and after crossing the border in Internationl Falls somewhere along Trans Canada Hwy near the border between Ontario and Manitoba. The first leg of the trip is 1800 miles from Chicago past Calgary to Canadian Rockies.

We plan to publish short posts on-the-go on our companion Facebook page: ☞ The Wandering Spot and full report on our website after we come back.

Considering these main destinations

			Day	Main destination
June			1	Chicago	IL
				Banff	AB
				Kootenay	BC
				Yoho	BC
				Jasper	AB
				Glacier	BC
				Kluane	YT
				Denali	AK
				Chugach	AK
				Wrangell St Elias	AK
				Kenai	AK
				Glacier Bay	AK
				Wells Gray	BC
				Garibaldi	BC
				Vancouver Island	BC
				Olympic	WA
				North Cascades	WA
				Waterton-Glacier	AB/MT
				Theodore Roosevelt	ND
September			100	Chicago	IL