Step on it Gramps!

At some point of almost every day, Brooks hears these magic words from his beloved co-pilot, "Step on it gramps!". Well, with a stretch of terrible weather ahead and some familiar terrain, Nathalie finally got what she's been wishing for. Up and over the Top of the World Highway, a ferry ride across the Yukon river to Dawson City and a scenic Highway 2 brought us back to Whitehorse and the stretch of tarmac that we drove on our way North. The windshield got used to the continuous spatter of rain drops and we got used to driving some long stints to keep dry.

We drove the Cassiar Highway again and returned to Alaska's friendliest ghost town, Hyder. This time around, we didn't get skunked at Fish Creek. We saw four grizzlies fishing for some tired chum salmon and some playful ermin (small weasel-esq ferret-like critters) wrestling in the rock beds.

After Hyder, we punched it like Chewy at the wheel of the Millennium Falcon in Empire Strikes Back and whizzed over to Alberta and the much anticipated Jasper & Banff National Parks. We'll spend four days in the parks before heading to Calgary so Nathalie can fly home to celebrate Lara's last hoorah as a single girl.