Road Trip – Page 15 – Wandering Dawgs

I recently posted our Favorite Alaska Memories so now it is time to post our favorite memories of traveling through Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory. We spent 23 nights in Canada and enjoyed the beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, and friendly Canadian people.

We started our travels in Canada by spending almost a week in Alberta in Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.

Elk by the side of the road in Banff National Park

Elk on the Bow Valley Parkway

Lake Louise

Moraine Lake

Peyto Lake is a much deeper turquoise than the other lakes along the parkway

Elk near our campsite in Jasper

We saw lots of wildlife as we drove through British Columbia on the Alaska Highway before arriving in Alaska for the first time.

Mile Zero of the Alaska Highway! in Dawson Creek, BC

Stone Sheep on the Alaska Highway

Caribou on the Alaska Highway

Moose on the Alaska Highway

Bison herd with calves near Liard River Hotsprings

After a week in Alaska we drove through Canada to Dawson City, Yukon and across the Top of the World Highway before returning to Alaska.

Black Bear beside the road in British Columbia

Panning for gold in Dawson City, Yukon

View on the Top of the World Highway

Our journey back to the lower 48 took us along the Cassier Highway through British Columbia.

Sunrise at Burwash Landing, Yukon Territory

Salmon Glacier in British Columbia about 17 miles past Hyder, Alaska

Bear Glacier near Stewart, BC

For a map of our entire journey be sure to check out Our Route. And for a list of all the campgrounds where we stayed check out our Campground List.

Although we left Tok, Alaska almost a month ago, our memories of Alaska will never leave us. Here, in no particular order, are a few photos of some of our favorite places and adventures.

Our favorite place was Oceanside RV Park in Haines, Alaska where we could sit and watch for whales, watch eagles fly by, and watch the ferries and cruise ships sail by.

Cocktail hour whale watching with Ted and Ruthy

Bald Eagle at Chilcoot Lake State Park, Haines, AK

The most exciting and most memorable experience of the entire trip was the South Face McKinley flight-seeing tour and landing on Ruth Glacier with Talkeetna Air Taxi.

Loving every minute of our time on Ruth glacier

We loved all of the boat trips we took.

Whale Pectoral Fin on day trip to Juneau

Seeing ice calving on Aialik Glacier on the Kenai Fjords trip from Seward

A pair of Orcas on Columbia Glacier tour from Valdez

Sea Otters on Columbia Glacier tour from Valdez

Driving to the Coldfoot, sixty miles north of the Artic Circle was a drive to remember.

Catching Halibut and watching the sunset in Ninilchik, Alaska.

Denali National Park.

Moose beside the road on the way out of the park

Beautiful green valley at Polychrome Overlook

Driving the Top of the World Highway, panning for gold, going for a train ride on the Alaska Railroad, watching for wildlife on the side of the road, seeing the Fireweed blooming everywhere, seeing glaciers off in the distance and up close are all highlights of the trip we will never forget.

Every day was memorable, every day was special, every day we saw something spectacular.