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Road to the Arctic Ocean – Driving the Dempster Highway to Tuktoyaktuk | Go North Episode 129/14/2019
In November 2017, a brand-new all-season road was opened from the town of Inuvik, NT to the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, located on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. The Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway connected the Dempster Highway to the Arctic Ocean, and became the first and only Canadian road to the Arctic Coast.
When we found out about this road, we knew we just had to drive it!
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And suddenly, it turned to fall! Fall in Alaska is gorgeous: between the bright yellow aspens and the ruby red tundra, it takes autumn to a whole new palette of awesome! We talk about our Alaska fall experience in our Lance Facebook Update below:
Hello from Whittier, Alaska! Join us for a quick update as we cook up an Alaskan Salmon dinner in our Lance Truck Camper. After an awesome fishing trip in Valdez, we have plenty of salmon but not enough recipes - we would love to hear your favorite salmon recipe! Fun in the Midnight Sun - Fairbanks, The Dalton Highway, & the Arctic Circle | Go North Episode 118/23/2019
After visiting Denali National Park we headed further north to Fairbanks, the second largest city in Alaska, to celebrate the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice. The Midnight Sun is one of the hallmarks of Alaskan and Arctic summer travel, and we were excited to get the full experience at the Midnight Sun Festival before traveling north to the Arctic Circle and beyond to see what 24-hour sunshine is really like!
Throughout history, attitudes toward wilderness have not always been favorable. Regarded as places of darkness, mystery, wild beasts, and confusion, the beauty of nature was seen only in what was useful. It wasn’t until much more recently that these places were widely considered beautiful and necessary for simply being what they are. Now, many people including us seek to visit these wild places, to appreciate them, and to catch a glimpse what an untamed world might look like. Denali National Park is one of these places.
We survived our return trip on the Dempster Highway back to Dawson City. This was our 3rd time in Dawson, and this time we actually got to hang around and explore this cool Gold Rush town.
The Klondike Highway, Dawson City, Top of the World, & Entering Alaska | Go North Episode 97/24/2019
With our new additional confidence found, we turned our sights to the Top of the World Highway. We followed the Campbell Highway to its intersection with the Klondike Highway near Carmacks, Yukon, and headed north, following both the Yukon and the Klondike Rivers for a time before arriving to these rivers’ confluence in Dawson City.
Sometimes it’s about the journey, not necessarily the destination, and our journey to Alaska was taking us to many incredible places. We’ve found that traveling by RV is not only a comfortable way to visit some amazing destinations, but also has the benefit of allowing you to slow down and find adventure in the places in-between.
We made it to the edge of the world! We drove to the Arctic Ocean on the new road to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT in Canada. Check out the live video update we did on the Lance Facebook Page.
Driving the Alaska Highway - What To Do From Fort Nelson and Watson Lake | Go North Episode 87/10/2019
The Alaska Highway runs about 1,400 miles from Dawson Creek, BC in Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska. It was constructed during World War II to connect Alaska to the contiguous United States primarily to enable defense of the region. It was open to the public in 1948, and since then many travelers have made the famous trek, starting from Mile Zero in Dawson Creek.
One of the challenges of RVing to Alaska is driving through the remote areas and not having good cell service to place calls and/or connect to the internet. Many people also don't have service through Canada, as it requires having an international voice or data plan, and choosing the right one can be confusing! Here is what we did to stay connected on our trip. (Plus a discount code at LivinLite.net!)  Dawson Creek is the home to the Mile 0 sign and the start of the Alaska Highway! While many travelers are excited to start driving the Alaska Highway, I would recommend that if you have time – or better yet, PLAN to take the time – to visit 3 unique towns and see some beautiful scenery that you’d otherwise miss completely.
We drove the Dalton Highway north of the Arctic Circle to the Brooks Range! We check-in from Coldfoot (midway point to Deadhorse/Prudoe Bay) to share with you our experience driving this infamous road along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and share some tips for making your own trek.
When we made our plans to visit Banff and Jasper National Parks along our route to Alaska, we weren’t really thinking about timing – as in, what the weather was going to be like there. More so, how many of the gorgeous emerald green and blue lakes were going to be thawed by time we got there? Despite our worry, we've come up with 8 legit reasons in this post on why this timing is great for visiting these parks.
Watch the video below to see why we loved our time in Banff and Jasper National Parks!
Though we had technically been in Canada for 5 days, we were just barely over the border relatively speaking. It was time to put a little distance between us and the border!
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