This blog is about part 1 of my 20,000+ mile car-camping trip with my dogs from DC to Alaska via Labrador. Part 1, in 2011, was to the end of the road in northeastern North America in Labrador and then on to Quebec and Ontario, 7609 miles. Part 2, which took place in 2012, picked up where Part 1 left off in Ontario and was supposed to extend to Banff and Jasper National Parks in the Canadian Rockies, but Leben, my male German shepherd, became paralyzed on the trip so we cut it short. We will finish the journey in 2013, when we will return to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

"North to Alaska" Sign in Kitwanga


55°05'47.17" N 128°04'31.39" W


There actually is a sign at the intersection of routes 37 and 16 in the British Columbia town of Kitwanga that reads, "North to Alaska." When I passed that sign with Sonntag in 2000, I thought it would be interesting to head up to Whitehourse, Yukon, and then to Alaska that way someday, instead of the only three other routes, the Alaskan Highway (AlCan), the Yellowknife Highway, of the ferry. This is the route I plan to take this year. Check out a Google Earth image of this sign (above), or block copy and paste the above geographical coordinates into Google Earth and "fly" there yourself.
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