Archive for the ‘Canada’ Category

Driving Day 10: Vancouver to Seattle – 225.3km

Our fifth morning in Vancouver dawned just the same as every other; bright, blue and warm! However, today signified something quite new for the team. For the first time ever, we completed our first full country, and in true RGE style, this was the world’s second largest country! But before approaching the border, which was ...

Our Stay in Vancouver

As you may recall, we arrived in Vancouver quite late the previous night, and with the next few days travel-free, the team managed to get a good night’s sleep for a change. We woke up to the bright blue Vancouver sky with the faint smell of beach and sea in the air, so after a ...

Driving Day 9: Clinton to Vancouver via Whistler – 347.6km

Preface: Dear readers, there are currently no photos for this leg; unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding, Andy's bag did not follow him out of the taxi (which contained the camera and all the latest photos) a few days ago, so until we get said bag back (we've been assured it will arrive on Thursday latest) ...

Driving Day 8: Prince George to Clinton – 402.3km

Day 13 of our trip was a very special one for many people around the world as Spain conquered the Netherlands in the World Cup final. Toby, Andy and Pambo had woken up early to bear witness to this spectacle, and so it was just Nik, Clemens and myself standing guard over the RV and ...

Driving Day 7: Smithers to Prince George 370.1km

After lastnight out, the first time the team had gone for a proper evening out, we needed a little bit more sleep than usual. Normally any sleep longer than a few hours is laced with guilt as we would far rather be driving and making progress than lazing around, but as the car still had ...

Driving Day 6: Iskut to Smithers via Kitwanga 515.0km

Apology: Dear readers, I must apologise for the lack of blog posts in the last couple of days! The last 96 hours has seen a lot of driving, little sleep, limited internet access, and a computer meltdown where I lost the blog posts I had written. But fear not! RGE is now back online, and ...

Driving Day 5: Watson Lake to Iskut 346.0km

Mountain Shadow

At Watson Lake the one charger we had left did not give us enough juice for our upcoming leg to Iskut, but having towed the car before on the way back from Paris to London due to a problem with the chargers, we discovered towing is actually a very good way to charge the car. ...

Driving Day 4: Whitehorse and Whitehorse to Watson Lake – 441.0km

As we woke up in Whitehorse the next day, the race was on to find the replacement components for the two broken chargers. How were we going to get these components shipped out to the depths of Yukon territory? Or would there be a chance to get the components in Whitehorse itself? The day ...

Driving Day 3: Beaver Creek to Whitehorse – 450.6km

SRZero at Sunset

Beaver creek was a great place to stay for the night, with a whole bunch of really friendly travellers. In fact, we met a family that had just travelled the road we were about to drive, and vice versa, so we traded tales of the road ahead while hunched up over a map. The prognosis ...

Driving Day 2: Tok to Beaver Creek – 175.4km

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Tok RV park was a splendid place, with well kept lawns, an abundance of trees, and substantially less mosquitoes than we have become accustomed to! It also had Fast Eddy’s, a restaurant nearby which as you may recall from the last blog post, served delicious food. This may not seem like much if one was ...