I get considerably more email inquiring as to the state of the bus and/or the happiness of the dog than I do of my own well being. Go figure. If you‘ve kept up with my Alaska Highway by Volkswagen Bus series or Sled Dog Alaska, Getting There you’ll know that the old girl limped into […]
The Alaska Highway by Volkswagen Bus – Part 3
In case you just got here: Part 1 and Part 2 Whitehorse. I sing your song loud and I’ll sing it again. When you’ve been weeks driving and sitting along side the Alaska Highway sometimes you just need the comfort of a smiling face in the middle of nowhere. Whitehorse is a town that knows what […]
The Alaska Highway by Volkswagen Bus – Part 2
If you just found this here’s Part 1 There is a certain camaraderie that exists amongst folks when they live on the fringes of the map, a bit of a good neighbor policy for sparsely populated regions. The most surprising aspects are its tolerance, bipartisanship and an overall good-natured spirit. As I was reminded yesterday […]
The Alaska Highway by Volkswagen Bus – Part 1
I’ve always liked the statement “I’m not laughing at you – I’m laughing with you.” It’s the only thing that crosses my mind when I think of all the others out there who had the bright idea to proudly drive their Volkswagen buses up or down the Alaska Highway. And proud you should be this […]
Sled Dog Alaska, Getting There
I have a whole different respect these days for the term wild, maybe it means the absence of domestication, maybe it’s a communion with the Earth that takes place under the lack of opposable thumbs, a void of human safety in utter completeness. It’s a bit challenging to pin down exactly. What was it that […]