Isn’t This Trip Over Yet? After completing the side-quest to Newfoundland, we had to get back to the west coast of Canada for our return flight to Australia. Amazingly, we found a points-booking on Westjet via Calgary. The only problem is that it required a stopover in Calgary. Because of availability, the stopover could be […]
Driving from Campbell River to Tofino The drive from Campbell River to Tofino takes about three and a half hours, but we made a few essential stops. First was Goats on the Roof for another round of doughnuts. If you are planning to eat at the marketplace (even just getting coffee), arrive before 11:45 as […]
Getting to the Khutzeymateen from Prince Rupert After three days in Prince Rupert, it was finally time to depart for the Khutzeymateen. Trips leave from the commercial dock, with check-in at 7:15 a.m. for a 7:45 a.m. departure We grabbed coffee and doughnuts from Tim Horton’s before heading down. It was pouring rain, but the […]
Early Start for a Photography Adventure Still buzzing from our Triangle Island trip, we had no time to rest. The itinerary had originally allowed for a break day, but with the rescheduled Triangle Island trip we were up late backing up our memory cards and back at adventuring the next morning by 6:30 a.m. This […]
Brooks Camp – The Densest Concentration of Brown Bears in the World (Here’s a link if you want to skip the section about how we got to Brooks Camp, including an epic moose sighting in Anchorage, and get straight to the bears) Getting to Anchorage Our journey from Australia included a brief stopover in Southern […]
Seventeen Years of Dreaming of Returning to Brooks Lodge Brooks Lodge is pure magic—our first visit was back in 2007. It was such an amazing trip that it earned a spot on our website home page. Deep down, we knew we’d be back eventually. Fast forward 15 years to December 1, 2022. I stumbled upon […]
[Update: We returned to Churchill in 2025! Read about Churchill in the summer in our latest post] In November of 2008, we traveled to Churchill, Canada hoping to see polar bears. We traveled with Frontiers North, and spent 5 days at their Tundra Buggy Lodge. Getting to Churchill from Chicago is pretty easy. We […]
In July 2007 we visited the Alaska for one reason: bears. We wanted to go in 2006, but when we inquired in late February, they were already booked so we reserved a year and a half in advance. The six hour flight from Chicago to Anchorage did not provide a meal or snack, but the […]