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Sunset & Sunrise Yukon Style!

So the ride from Watson Lake to our next stop in Teslin, YT was lovely. We saw a black bear grazing on the side of the Alcan and that made my heart happy - it’s so cool being in the front row to Mother Nature! The weather was nice (even got to wear shorts) and the landscape was incredible. Seeing the snow covered mountains in the distance never gets old and the pic I’ve included below of the winding road is so typical of this road to Alaska! Then we got to “The Yukon Motel &

Kay Helberg

Aug 33 min read

The Yukon! (& I don’t mean Cornelius!)

Our first stop in the Yukon was Watson Lake and the home of the infamous Sign Post Forest. So before I discuss our stay further, my quick lesson to those of you who, (like me), don’t know how many Canadian Provences there are. The answer is… there are 10 provinces: Alberta (AB), British Columbia (BC), Manitoba (MB), New Brunswick (NB), Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Nova Scotia (NS), Ontario (ON), Prince Edward Island (PE), Quebec (QC), and Saskatchewan (SK). And then there

Kay Helberg

Jul 204 min read

A Bunch More BC Beauty

Finishing our British Columbia stops on the Alaskan Highway began with a 99mile ride to Pink Mountain - which sounded pretty scenic. But our stay at the Sikanni River RV Park on the Sikanni River was basically a one night stay of mud and mosquitos. We added another layer of mud to our Oliver, but it was kind of cool to be right next to the steady stream of the muddy and powerful river. Karl and I thought it would be a good idea to “get our steps in” and walk around the campgr

Kay Helberg

Jul 105 min read

Now it’s OFFICIAL - On The Alcan!

We made it to the beginning of the Alaska Highway (or “The Alcan” as it is commonly referred). It’s official - WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO ALASKA! Dawson Creek is where it begins and, no, you’re not crazy if that sounds oddly familiar - it was also the name of a TV show from back in the day (i.e.,1998-2003). I never watched it but the name immediately rang some memory bells! We arrived on Friday and we had the whole weekend in Dawson Creek. We stayed at Milo 0 Campground “Mile 0” (

Kay Helberg

Jul 34 min read

En route Through BC to The Alaska Highway

After staying put in Vancouver for a week we had a week of moving more quickly. Our first night was at the Cayoosh Creek Campground in Lillooet, BC. The ride there was amazing (including the cover photo for this post). Next we were off to a Harvest Host (HH) stay at Cask & Cleaver Brewing in 100 Mile House, BC. It was fascinating to follow the highway through various “Mile” towns (150 Mile House, 100 Mile House, 70 Mile House etc…) Karl pointed out the disparity that they use

Kay Helberg

Jun 265 min read

Vancouver, BC🇨🇦

I was all stressed out about crossing the border into Canada, but there was absolutely no need to be. There were very little food restrictions this time, we were well below the alcohol limit to bring across the border, and we didn’t have any firearms etc…Luckily the customs officer didn’t give us the attitude that our fearless leader bestows upon Canada; so we smiled and took back our passports after answering their questions and were on our way to the Capilano River RV Park

Kay Helberg

Jun 215 min read

Last Stop Before Canada!

The last week in the states was spent in style in Mt. Vernon, Washington at this very impressive and new campground “Town & Country Motorcoach & RV Resort”. This place had large concrete pads for every trailer with well kept grass and planted trees. It had a pool, four pickleball courts, a nice restaurant and a bar that had some entertainers throughout the week (although it must be noted that they couldn’t compete with my talented brother-in-law, when it comes to voice or abi

Kay Helberg

Jun 173 min read

Quick Live-Time Commercial Break Update!

So yesterday we arrived at Holdt Farm a HH site in Charlie Lake, BC (right off of the Alaskan Highway). Once it stopped raining we went out for a stroll and said hi these cute asses who belonged to the farmer next door to where we were parked. I walked away after petting them all, only to have the rest of the crew come give me an enthusiastic greeting! Hope you enjoy this impromptu video…

Kay Helberg

Jun 161 min read

Montana Beauty & Bison Bonanza!

As we headed west from SD we stopped at one of our favorite Harvest Host (HH) stops in Gillette, WY - the “Our Wyoming Life” Ranch. We slept next to some of the cows and got to help the owner the next morning work on refurbishing her humongous high tunnels that she uses for growing vegetables for her farm store and for her non-profit organization, The Edible Prairie Project. EPP helps to feed families dealing with food insecurity in Northeast Wyoming. It’s an amazing organiz

Kay Helberg

Jun 144 min read

Westward Ho! The Beginning of Our Journey to Alaska…

So 2026 - We’re FINALLY driving to Alaska! One of the reasons we bought the trailer we did was so we could take this trip. So as we sure as heck are not getting any younger, we knew it was now or never…and “never” would just not do!!! The first leg of our journey, after having spent a month in MA for my Opening Day at Fenway Park and for seeing our families and our Peeps, was heading back to our “home state” of South Dakota. We took two weeks to drive there - staying at vario

Kay Helberg

Jun 104 min read

NL Part 3: More Gros Morne Trails

Had to give a sampling of some of the amazing beauty on the incredible hikes in Gros Morne National Park. At the bottom of this post is a photo of the park map with the trails that we hiked checked off. This cover photo is from the Tablelands, as are the first 4 pics. My red and white shirt marks the first of 5 pics from the Green Gardens Trail (which was exhausting but amazingly beautiful and reminded me that we were in a different country). The next 4 were…ummmm….yeah, I ca

Kay Helberg

Jun 41 min read

UPDATE: Return to the Blog (following a vvvverrryyyyy LONG hiatus)

Yeah… so my low frustration tolerance, my poor internet accessibility (well BEFORE my hubby got me Starlink), and realizing most of my damn family wasn’t even reading all my hard work, lead to the big black hole that had previously been my blog (i.e., the summation of Kay and Karl’s adventures as we travel full-time on the road). A few times over the past year my sister and a couple of my friends had encouraged me to return to writing, and I began to get re-motivated. However

Kay Helberg

Jun 42 min read