We've got bug repellent! more bug repellent!
The national bird of Alaska is the mosquito!
Did you see the size of that mosquito? It was the size of a jumbo jet !
But at least Marianne's prepared! I'm prepared!
We're Marianne and Chris in 2018 we quit the nine to five and bought Trudy our camper van.
We are currently on an adventure to drive the circumference of the world.
Good morning! What a beautiful day,
the sun is shining and i'm feeling much better than i was yesterday, which is fabulous!
But i want to start this video by saying a massive thank you to Walmart - because
Walmart has been making our travels a lot easier by letting us park up in their parking lot!
It would be a lot harder finding spots if we didn't have ... morning!
if we didn't have Walmart to park in, so absolutely big thanks to Walmart.
Today we're heading north a few more hours we're heading up to
Prince George as we continue our journey to Alaska.
So we just come across these roadworks, is it me or are those
truck tires like at the weirdest angle you've ever seen?
So another good thing, there's loads of places to empty the loo
they've got these rest stops with toilets, absolutely everywhere!
This lake is absolutely amazing, what's amazing is the view from the loo is that lake!
Oh look there's the loo window - the view from the loo!
You need to take your picture of you from the loo, better than Walmart.
So here's a word of advice if you meet anyone that starts the conversation with
"what do you think about aliens?" It's best to make an excuse like there's something in the oven and leave!
We just had a conversation with a couple at the rest stop who were talking about aliens
and also believed that fracking releases all the evil spirits trapped in the earth!?
We're just arriving in Prince George,
with not very nice weather to welcome us today. It looks like the heavens are about to open!
The next day! How does that even happen? The days are just blending into one ..... so North we go!
So just when you think you're in the middle of nowhere,
you come across a little town and we're just arriving in the town of Vanderhoof
We've just passed a sign saying wildlife corridor
for the next 70 kilometers - with pictures of bears, elk, moose!
I've got my camera ready just in case we see a bear!
I can take a shot - we're armed with bear spray in
the door there just in case one comes and says hello!
And Marianne's got a fog horn!
You have got to be prepared!
We've come around the corner and there's a massive mountain in front of us
with snow on the top,
i think the drive ahead is going to get a little bit interesting.
There you go we're just driving through Houston, it's a difference Houston to the one we're in last time
Houston British Colombia - famous for fly fishing.
Oh my goodness, it's just getting better and better more mountains, more forests.
We were just saying it's actually turning pretty cold, but then after all
we are heading up to the arctic circle so what do we expect, right?!
Okay people, check this out for a view!
Look at that, the sun's lighting up the mountains in the distance there what
a fantastic drive we are having today!
I cannot believe the epic scenery that we're seeing
and the roads are slowly getting quieter and quieter.
Welcome to Smithers
So now we're going to find somewhere to park up for the night, we found somewhere we think?
Yeah turn right here, clear my side
Okay not the prettiest place we've parked up, but we've parked up on this little bit of land
with some trucks, there's another couple of rvs next to A+W.
Nice views of the mountain and we're going to hang out here
tonight and then tomorrow morning we're going to carry on North and
i promise you that the places we park up are going to get a lot more beautiful!
All settled, but to be honest
a minute ago we were just hidden away in amongst some long trucks with trailers and then they left!
So it sort of like it looks like ...... you've parked really badly
Marianne? It does! There was another truck here and another truck here,
but now it looks like you've just parked up in the middle of the parking lot all on your own!
Hopefully we'll get some company soon
I do a view from the loo as you know on instagram, if you're following us there,
and that was our view from the loo it's not always pretty, although that blooming is!
But actually we ended up finding this place, it's called Smithers in British Columbia.
We found this spot, it's got showers for ten dollars, hottest best shower Chris has found ever!
He rates the showers, i just like showers, but he loves showers!
But also washing a laundry, really quick good internet, we've used their internet,
i'm clean, he's clean, look at him.... he gets so excited!
But for me, get out of the way Fisher - oh we've just trashed the bedroom, but look at this!
Look at this - oh lovely, fresh clean bedding!
and next to Trevor we have a new teddy that my aunt Julia gave me .....
So what should we call him folks? What do you reckon?
I reckon that you got a clean husband!
Okay might still need a shave, but you've got you've got a clean husband and
we've been parked up here working today, editing the videos for you!
And we're just going to nip to the post office, post some stickers and then we're heading on to ....
Kitwanga !
We're going to Kitwanga, what a cool name - let's hit the road Mrs Fisher,
and a big shout out to Sam and Andy our friends that we're hopefully going to be introducing to you soon,
for doing so much research and sharing it all with us!
So we just passed a sign which is a little bit disturbing, if fact it is a lot disturbing!
It just said "Girls, don't hitchhike the Highway of Tears!"
And then it had loads of missing women on the poster, that's not good - it is worrying.
Actually we've seen a fair few missing posters on the way.
We've just seen a fox, it's like a wolf, fox it's like a coyote!
We've just seen a coyote - stood by the side of the road!
It's going to be good
Now that is what i call a river!
That's a huge fast flowing crazy river, look at that!
Stewart / Alaska highway!
How cool is that? That's where we're turning!
Welcome to Kitwanga!
So there should be
a campsite just down here, which is a donation based community campsite.
There you go Kitwanga, little campsite, how cool is this?!
That's fabulous
Good morning! What a place to wake up to
so this is where we slept last night,
that's where we are, the Kitwanga Centennial park
one neighbour here, a couple from Michigan and look there's Trudy parked in the trees.
It's a great facility, they got picnic tables, little fire pits.
It says here you can stay for a maximum of three days,
and they give you wood wood for campers only,
they put wood in there
there's even an axe so you can chop up your kindling, they got lovely dry wood in here.
What a spot hey?
They have got a little notice board.
Be bear aware! Make noise so that no one is surprised!
There's a donation box there, looks like there's toilets here.
There you go, there's a little pit toilet there, loo roll, what a fantastic facility!
and there's a visitor's book so we should definitely fill that in.
Oh that's nice, that's really nice! Oh look people from all over the world!
And there's one here June the 4th 2022 wow love it here what a wonderful campsite thank you so much
Sam, Andy, Lucia and James thank you from England - we're coming for you!
They're our friends and we're going to meet them soon so yeah
Right let's fill up this book! give them a Tread the Globe sticker!
Since we've crossed into Canada it's been much easier to find park ups.
I just love the fact that we're surrounded by these snow-capped mountains,
and bugs! There are a lot of bugs already!
We've also heard that the national bird of Alaska is the mosquito!
Did you see the size of that mosquito?
I don't know if the camera caught it? But oh my god! It's like a daddy long legs!
It was the size of your head!
Okay!
It was the size of a jumbo jet!
There are a lot of bugs in here,
there's little ones ....
Oh we need to close the door! What are we doing?!
So today i feel like the real adventure is going to start!
We've turned off the big highway that runs down to Prince Rupert,
and we're heading north!
bears, wildlife, glaciers!
Mountains!
It's going to get pretty serious driving ahead i think for the next few weeks,
and one thing we have been warned about by everybody, is bears - but we're prepared!
We've got bug repellent,
bug spray,
more bug repellent,
a fog horn,
bear spray,
bug off candles,
and a mosquito hat!
Grizzlies are what we're worried about, we've been told black bears you can scare off with a bit of noise and bear bells.
They're not going to scare things away, but by carrying one on your rucksack
they can hear you coming and they stop,
but there's like a little magnet at the end and you put it there and it stops it rattling, so we can hang it up in Trudy and it doesn't make any sound,
until you take that off and then it does.
it's very cool!
But at least Marianne's prepared!
I'm prepared!
This is a great hat, we laugh now, but this is actually going to be really really good.
So with all of that we feel ready to start the next leg of the adventure.
We hope you've enjoyed this episode?
Join us next time as we continue our adventure up towards Alaska,
and if you want to see more check out this video right here.