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2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Days 34-35: Back into the US and to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho we go.

We split from the caravan and headed west from Banff in order to make our way back into the United States through the top of Idaho. Our original plan was to head over the Calgary to check it out but not having steady Internet and phone is becoming a bit of a drag. After having been with the group for the last couple of weeks and with the Works before that, it will give us a chance to spend some quality time alone for a change.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Days 31-33: Our Airstream caravan to Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

During the summer of 2012, we met a few of the folks that we are on this caravan with in Denver for the inaugural Alumafandango rally. Before we parted ways at the end of 4 days hanging out together, we decided that we should try to get together again in a year. Tiffani from Weaselmouth said to us, “Hey! What do you guys think of Banff next year?” We didn’t think much of it at the time. As you might already know, we often don’t even know where we will be next week let alone a year from now. We said, “Sure, if we are around we will try to make it.” My thought at the time was that there is about a 25% chance at best that this will happen. Well, today that chance became 100%.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Days 29-30: Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada.

The drive from Kelowna to Glacier National Park is about a 150-mile drive. Though not necessarily a long one, it takes some coordination for a bunch of Americans, most of whom have never towed a trailer in Canada before.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Days 27-28: Osoyoos to Kelowna, British Columbia.

As we headed towards the border crossing just north of the town of Oroville, Washington, our caravan was already pretty segmented into several groups. One of the rules of traveling with this many trailers is to not all stop at the same restaurant or gas station at the same time so we don’t jam up traffic for any one location.

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By Dan, 12 yearsFebruary 6, 2014 ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Days 25-26: The Traveling Airstream Neighborhood at Aluminogan 2013.

Last night we parked next to the Works at the Walmart in Omak, Washington. Although they have stayed at Walmarts in the past, this is not usually in their repertoire. Apparently it has been months since they have done this so thankfully last night was nice and peaceful.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Day 24: North Cascades National Park, Washington.

We woke up at the Walmart parking lot of Mt Vernon this morning. Little did we know, Josh and Jessa have been staying at the campground right next door ever since we parted ways 3 days ago.We have been waiting for the green light to be able to drive across the North Cascades mountains as a recent landslide had taken the only road through there out of commission.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Days 21-23: Seattle, Washington.

When we got back to the Airstreams in the campground at Anacortes, both of our batteries were really low. Even though we have solar panels on the roof, the thick canopy from the trees prevented from charging. We ran our generators to get them back up so we could spend last night here before heading out this morning.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Days 19-20: San Juan Island, Washington.

So many of you might know that we are woefully behind in this blog. These posts are dating back nearly 5 months. Part of the reason is because we are clinging to the daily post format. Although we are not officially abandoning that format, but for the sake of expediting the pace as well as getting our memories documented before they escape us, we will be switching to more of a location-based posts until we are up to date. With that out of the way, enjoy reading about the rest of our time on San Juan Island.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Day 18: Ditching the Airstreams for San Juan Island.

This morning we got our tent camping gear ready and packed everything we needed for a couple of days into the van and headed to the ferry terminal. Our plan is to boat across to San Juan Island and possibly island hop for a couple of days without the Airstream. We got to the ferry terminal and found a bunch of people who also had the same idea.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Day 17: Deception Pass State Park to Anacortes.

Yesterday as we rolled into Deception Pass State Park, it was finally drizzling rain as we expected the entire region to be since we got here. We have a lot of road grime on the rig so I took the opportunity to stand out in the drizzle to scrub her down a little.

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By Dan, 12 yearsJanuary 9, 2014 ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Day 16: Port Angeles to Whidbey Island.

Last night as we pulled into our spot in the Port Angeles Walmart, it had a distinct chill in the air. After all, we are now just a short ferry hops from Canada.

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By Dan, 12 years ago

2013 Pacific Northwest and Canada

Day 15: The Olympic Peninsula and Its Rainforests.

There are many people who dislike spending the night at a Walmart but not us. We welcome it. It is one of the constants of our life on the road. Even when the Aberdeen Walmart parking lot was a giant construction zone, we slept like babies. In the morning however, we did blast out of there since we knew we had a lot of road to cover in order to make it to Port Angeles via the long but scenic way.

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By Dan, 12 years ago