tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post5791305805974005932..comments2024-03-28T01:19:35.439-04:00Comments on Travel with Kevin and Ruth: The World Famous Alaska Highway... Mile 0Kevin Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795747155781311686noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-49811312723855172952018-06-01T14:01:18.894-04:002018-06-01T14:01:18.894-04:00Thank you Ken and Shirley, we hope that you will e...Thank you Ken and Shirley, we hope that you will enjoy it! :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-20901322111888105212018-06-01T14:00:49.059-04:002018-06-01T14:00:49.059-04:00Hi there Jim and Gail, hope you guys are doing wel...Hi there Jim and Gail, hope you guys are doing well. :-)<br /><br />Totally agree with you about the bear spray, if you have to use it, it is money very well spent providing of course that it works! ;-)<br /><br />We have been told to have it with us walking to the hot springs at Liard, so we will definitely carry it with us.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-473474125357993332018-06-01T13:56:33.072-04:002018-06-01T13:56:33.072-04:00Thank you very much for following along with us An...Thank you very much for following along with us Ann and Tom and for taking the time to comment. We will try our best to keep the blog posts interesting and hopefully we will have some great pictures to share as well. We try to put in a map every travel day but the odd time we forget. ;-) Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-52050277177827646742018-06-01T13:54:12.756-04:002018-06-01T13:54:12.756-04:00If the spit comes back at you, the worst thing to ...If the spit comes back at you, the worst thing to do is run like hell! Apparently that just makes the bear want to chase you, you are to make yourself as big as possible, waving your arms above you head and slowly back away. This may be hard to do if you are actually in that position though. Nope bear spray won't work if the wind is blowing back at you! ;-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-38246329382985037802018-06-01T13:50:47.499-04:002018-06-01T13:50:47.499-04:00We are going to have the BEST time! :-) Nope, no r...We are going to have the BEST time! :-) Nope, no rickety old train trestles for us, this one was good and solid.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-48416172812334797032018-06-01T13:49:53.190-04:002018-06-01T13:49:53.190-04:00It is going to be a GREAT trip! :-)It is going to be a GREAT trip! :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-63909442115088991232018-06-01T13:47:37.814-04:002018-06-01T13:47:37.814-04:00We check GasBuddy as we go but we are definitely g...We check GasBuddy as we go but we are definitely going to have to get gas somewhere along the route because we can't make it all the way to Fort Nelson on a tank of gas, we may have to pay a higher price but we will only put in enough to get us to the cheaper priced gas.<br /><br />We are definitely going to stop in at Liard Hot Springs. :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-30554889998497300052018-06-01T13:35:24.082-04:002018-06-01T13:35:24.082-04:00We really wish that you would have also been able ...We really wish that you would have also been able to do this same trip but there is always next year. We are sure that you will have some great adventures in your motorhome this summer despite the fact that you won't be going up north.<br /><br />We really hope that we met up with you both again. Thank you once again for everything, we enjoyed our time with you both. :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-42116123584669304372018-06-01T13:32:40.834-04:002018-06-01T13:32:40.834-04:00I remember you telling us that story, I don't ...I remember you telling us that story, I don't remember the part about the air horn though, so it is good to know that it was effective in your case. We are really hoping that we aren't going to need it or the bear spray but we are glad that we have them both.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-38572239019616717632018-06-01T13:30:58.654-04:002018-06-01T13:30:58.654-04:00We had a great first day, can't wait to see wh...We had a great first day, can't wait to see what other adventures we will have down (up in this case) the road. :-)<br /><br />Yes, we have been very lucky to have met so many readers already on this trip.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-54989378933269859632018-06-01T13:17:05.456-04:002018-06-01T13:17:05.456-04:00Hi there Campnuts, thanks for following along! I h...Hi there Campnuts, thanks for following along! I hope that we can give you lots of helpful info and ideas for your trip north in the next few years. Yes, we also like the fact that we don't have any specific agenda, it makes things so much easier than having to make reservations and feeling like you need to rush from one place to the other to meet your reservation date. If we like somewhere than we can stop for a few days, if not then we can move on to a better place. We like to smell the roses (in this case the pine trees, lol) along the way. :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-58590865155588208022018-06-01T13:10:50.092-04:002018-06-01T13:10:50.092-04:00It is going to be an adventure filled trip! :-)It is going to be an adventure filled trip! :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-36297178014174112472018-06-01T13:09:53.930-04:002018-06-01T13:09:53.930-04:00Yep, that is exactly what we do when hiking in bea...Yep, that is exactly what we do when hiking in bear country. It is definitely better to prevent an encounter than to have to deal with one after the fact. Hopefully our air horn and can of bear spray will never have to be use! :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-53748098042990898942018-06-01T13:07:01.214-04:002018-06-01T13:07:01.214-04:00Hi there Natasha, thank you for commenting and for...Hi there Natasha, thank you for commenting and for following along with us each day. We hope you will enjoy this new adventure of ours. :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-33768171222929817322018-06-01T13:05:44.839-04:002018-06-01T13:05:44.839-04:00There is more of a possibility of us meeting up wi...There is more of a possibility of us meeting up with a bear because of all the hiking that we do. We have tried to gather as much info as we can on how to prevent an encounter with a bear as well as what to do if we actually do encounter one. The biggest error people make is running away from it and that is just pure instinct, hopefully we can keep a calm head if that situation should ever arise, hopefully it won't! BTW, we did get a can of bear spray. :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-13063520248351470672018-06-01T12:14:42.384-04:002018-06-01T12:14:42.384-04:00We have done that as well but it is hard to keep o...We have done that as well but it is hard to keep on doing that for miles and miles of hiking, we would eventually lose our voices or run out of jokes and songs! ;-) We are glad that we have our bear spray but we hope that we will never have to use it.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-87239771739256259082018-06-01T12:05:24.445-04:002018-06-01T12:05:24.445-04:00Glad you are enjoying the ride! I know that you me...Glad you are enjoying the ride! I know that you mentioned about being up north but not driving so this will be a totally different thing for you to see. I hope we can do the north justice with our pictures and our blog posts. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-74191285544061704392018-06-01T12:02:49.460-04:002018-06-01T12:02:49.460-04:00Thank you for following along with us. I hope that...Thank you for following along with us. I hope that we can give you lots of ideas and helpful information for your eventual trip north. :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-215475831134361942018-06-01T11:51:46.912-04:002018-06-01T11:51:46.912-04:00Congratulations an the start of a new adventure! W...Congratulations an the start of a new adventure! We really hope that you will enjoy this new lifestyle. Take your time and explore all those little off the beaten path kind of places, you won't regret it. :-)<br /><br />I hope that we will have a chance to meet as well, somewhere down the road.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18136052866820208847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-85396633134704282672018-06-01T09:54:33.899-04:002018-06-01T09:54:33.899-04:00We are going to enjoy watching this adventure! We are going to enjoy watching this adventure! Ken and Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361055624097167727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-40510885223125282382018-06-01T00:59:37.311-04:002018-06-01T00:59:37.311-04:00Hola y'all, really looking forward to "ri...Hola y'all, really looking forward to "riding along" with you again and really glad you found some bear spray. It's really expensive till you need it and then it's unbelievably cheap. Gail and I counted 67 bears on our trip up there last spring, not counting the four that we either heard or heard about but didn't see in campgrounds while we were there. One of those was trapped only a few yards from our RV, (didn't end well for the poor bear). I second the suggestion for Liard Hot Springs, but you'll want your bear spray there too.<br /><br />Safe travels,<br />Jim, Gail and Winston<br />Jim Thurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11895084714387765982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-8746318875651100382018-05-31T23:38:06.713-04:002018-05-31T23:38:06.713-04:00We enjoyed following along with your group in Mexi...We enjoyed following along with your group in Mexico over the winter. Looking forward to exploring the northwest with you. Always good writing and great photos. I do appreciate when you include a map every few days, showing exactly where you're at. Ann and Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06479032717984803030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-17865982177697319622018-05-31T21:08:22.417-04:002018-05-31T21:08:22.417-04:00Here's a neat trick for you,, if a bear is in...Here's a neat trick for you,, if a bear is in front of you,, spit at it,, if the spit comes back and hits you,, run like hell,,,,,,, moral of the story ,,,, Bear spray ain,t no good UP wind Mister edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293854096422236002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-29086617805304241912018-05-31T20:06:47.072-04:002018-05-31T20:06:47.072-04:00O boy! On your way! Have THE BEST TIME! (stay o...O boy! On your way! Have THE BEST TIME! (stay off rickety train trestles) :-)Nickie and Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566506168550004304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-18161531591283562522018-05-31T18:11:17.883-04:002018-05-31T18:11:17.883-04:00Should be a great trip..enjoy:) Canadian Tire was...Should be a great trip..enjoy:) Canadian Tire was our go to place when we were touring the Maritimes. Chuck and Anneke's RV travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929384797592263167noreply@blogger.com