I have always felt that the wilderness of northern Canada and Alaska are the North American version of the African safari. The Alaska Highway stretching almost 1400 miles from Dawson Creek, BC to Delta Junction, AK offers the perfect vantage point from which to explore this untamed region. Driving the Alaska Highway is truly an…

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Pittsburger Primanti Sandwiches

So Rick is a huge fan of the reality show Man vs. Food and he has always wanted to stop at Primanti Bros. in Pittsburgh. Primanti Bros. sandwiches (or sammichs if you want to say it like the locals) include cole slaw and fries right on the bread along with your choice of meaty fillings.…

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Healthy Eating on a Road Trip

How do you eat healthy on a road trip? As you can imagine as a travel company owner I travel.  A lot.  Or at least I used to before the “Rona” came along and single handedly screeched global travel to a halt.  None the less during our move to Alaska I will be “on the…

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Today we are working on setting clothing aside not to be packed in storage. What clothing do we bring to Alaska?   Obviously for much of the getting there part of our trip we will be dealing with regular summer temperatures, but driving through Yukon and arriving in Alaska in September I suspect temperatures will…

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While it’s definitely not a good time to travel at the moment travelschooling takes a lot of planning and now is the perfect time to get started for next year.  I usually plan my trips 10-12 months in advance.  (Except this grand adventure we are doing this year.  This one will be totally on the…

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Since I am a bit overwhelmed with the large number of variables in the next few weeks I have decided to focus a bit on my travelschooling road trips and from there we can piece together where we are going once we close on the house.  Since coronavirus continues to be an enormous concern we…

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