Alberta and Northwest Territories, Sept 2011

agentsteel53 · October 04, 2011, 04:47:19 PM

see here for part 1 - 50 photos, some of which are northern lights!

https://www.aaroads.com/blog/2011/10/03/northern-canada-sept-11-part-i/

NE2 · October 04, 2011, 06:21:30 PM

Ah, roadgeek bears.

JREwing78 · October 04, 2011, 08:07:21 PM

That is some epic aurora borealis. I've seen a couple impressive displays in the UP of Michigan, but nothing like that.

agentsteel53 · October 04, 2011, 08:57:47 PM

Quote from: JREwing78 on October 04, 2011, 08:07:21 PM
That is some epic aurora borealis. I've seen a couple impressive displays in the UP of Michigan, but nothing like that.

being right under them is awesome. I don't think I've ever seen them from the lower 48; maybe I did as a kid and do not remember, but the first time I decided to seek them out, I went to Alaska. Subsequent trips have been Norway, Iceland, Yukon, Quebec, and now Northwest Territories.

OCGuy81 · October 05, 2011, 10:53:31 PM

Man, that is INCREDIBLE. Great pictures on what must've been a great trip. I've always been fascinated with the NWT ever since finding them in an old road atlas as a kid and intrigued how few roads go up there.

Did you drive it from SD, or fly north and rent a car?

agentsteel53 · October 19, 2011, 08:38:44 PM

Quote from: OCGuy81 on October 05, 2011, 10:53:31 PM
Man, that is INCREDIBLE. Great pictures on what must've been a great trip. I've always been fascinated with the NWT ever since finding them in an old road atlas as a kid and intrigued how few roads go up there.

Did you drive it from SD, or fly north and rent a car?

thanks!

I flew into Edmonton and rented a car from there.

here are photos from the first half of day 2. I took so many photos (over 1500!) on day 2 that I split the batch.