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At the End of a Long Drive


Shreesh and Neena Taskar

We didn't make the decision, the decision made us. On October 20th, 2007, we left our comfortable city of San Francisco to follow a simple algorithm - go North till the road ends then turn around and then go as far South. In between those two points was the stage, the timeline, the space, where we made things happen and things happened to us.

The past is fleeting and the stories, the sights and the feelings are perishable. One sees what one wants to see, and perhaps we are not capable of more. We saw that people are kind and helpful even if they were not materially rich. Some we could understand even though we didn't speak the same language, the motivations of others were incomprehensible even though we did. In the end fragments remain - the smell of roasting chocolate, a flock of snow Ptarmigians on snow, the creaking of the rainforest, the rough feathers of penguins, and the intoxication of Curanto.


So these are our stories. Every time you visit the site you will see a random post below. Each starts with Lo que pasa es que...

Deadlines in our days

Oct 29th, 2007 by

Cool Sculpture

Olympic Sculpture
Garden, Seattle

We are driven by deadlines. Peel River ferry closes. The journey in pictures. (Map this!)

We are driven by deadlines. We have deadlines because we have weather patterns to observe, lessons to take, people to meet. You would think that fifteen months off would allow a leisurely drive through the countryside, stopping wherever fancy takes us.

We were trying to beat the closure of the Peel River ferry. We just found out that’s closed already. But this wasn’t critical to the Northern section of our trip. The destination is the drive itself, going through the varied territory and landscapes we would never have occasion to see otherwise.

Varied scenery greets us as we move north

 

6 Responses to “Deadlines in our days”

  1. Pramod Taskar says:
    October 30, 2007 at 3:03 am

    Any idea about the next destination? Plans for crossing the Pearl River?
    Aai & Daddy

  2. Shreesh says:
    October 30, 2007 at 6:20 am

    We are now headed to Dawson City, from where we get on the Dempster Highway. If the ferry is not running I doubt the Peel River ice will support the weight of the FJ this early

  3. Fred says:
    October 30, 2007 at 7:52 am

    Are the roads paved so far? How are the accomodations?

  4. Chris says:
    October 30, 2007 at 8:16 pm

    Ah! I am glad you saw a fine Moose specimen! Did you happen upon any more “meese”?

  5. Shreesh says:
    October 30, 2007 at 8:24 pm

    Fred –

    The roads have been paved, albeit that term is applied loosely, especially on the Klondike Highway. You won’t believe how fast Canadians drive on icy roads. We’ve going 65mph on smooth ice and we still get passed!

    Chris –
    We were lucky to see two bucks down the road, with full racks!

  6. Galan says:
    October 31, 2007 at 6:06 am

    Love those Pyramids!

    BTW, a belated Happy Birthday, Neena! 🙂 I wanted to call on Saturday, but then I saw you’d crossed over into ET (“expensive territory”). 😉

    Nice moose! Reminds me of Northern Exposure. Might have to break out my DVD set. 😉

    Safe travels!

    — Galan

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