Hello, Jan here!
Once or so in a life time an opportunity comes to those that find themselves able to reach it. Not held down by family, encouraged by friends, not held down by a single location by work as work is in a new place. Yukon Territory, or how i see it: "the farlands". A journey from one busy corner of Canada to the apparent quiet wilderness of the other. From the outskirts of Hamilton, Ontario to Whitehorse, Yukon and to hopefully to Tuk, NWT. From familiar stars and skies, to the same stars and skies but just happen to be a little different. A new perspective, a new direction.
A trip that may probably have done a few times or with similar journeys but others under their belts. A Distance of over 6800km (or about 4200 miles for my American friends). But for myself, a flooring laborer that turned Civil Engineering technician. Someone who is proficient enough using a computer but also someone who knows how to light a decent campfire, not just with gasoline, one that was well enough to witness an old elementary school friend propose to his high school sweetheart right in front of it. Will be an exciting first journey across Canada for myself.
I wont deny that I'm no stranger to traveling. 800km round trip to the cottage, 1600km a trip across the border and down to New Jersey, USA to hang out with one of my best friends for a weekend for a few drinks, nonstop drive to Chicago and forgetting time zones existed and showing up at 4pm rush hour traffic. so a 6000+km one way trip will be a stretch, an unfamiliar one. Crossing basically all of Ontario, starting from Niagara falls, up to Sudbury which marks the last points of familiarity. Beyond that to the Sue, and up to Thunder bay. From there; Winnipeg, Saskatoon which is a place forever known to Google as incorrectly spelt, Edmonton which is part of the flat bit in the middle, and I'm out right ignoring BC because all it has is a bunch trees, mountains, and old people. Oh and hippies, just lots of green out there.
But with all of that said, hope to use this platform as a way to share my experience while going forward with this journey. There wont be a set schedule of when an update happens, it will just happen.
To keep my sanity in check mostly along the journey, I'll lead up with a few posts going North with some of my own experiences in packing, organizing, camp set ups and why my opinion matters more than someone elses (as is the case of everyone with an opinion from any journalist, "Journalist", blogger, photographer, some person on Terriblr, and redditor). You know, Normal blogger stuff however i have no interest in selling out.
Tweeter: Don't bother following me as i use it to look at weird memes a buddy sends me
Juustagram: Only exists for someone to credit my photos for "OUR" club but follow this one: ToyeClub
T-world: Will post additional photos here to the Road to Tuk thread and/ or here on the Ontario BS thread.
No comments:
Post a Comment