![Note: My daughter’s drive to Yellowknife last month with a friend reminded me of a scenic trip I took two years ago, and I started typing it into a post. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_0575-115x115.jpeg "My 2011 Ford Fiesta: From In-Town Car to Yukon Road Trip Vehicle")
![There were a couple of things that became painfully apparent in my recent two wheeled trips across the province. The first was that my beloved Rocky Mountain Blizzard Fat Bike […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_1846-Large-115x115.jpeg "Turning 60 On Two Wheels – Part 3: 2025 Yamaha XT250 And Honda Trail 125, At The Kettle Valley Railway")
![After the extended bike pack trip across the province in Part 1 there remained a last logistical issue. I had abandoned my truck 650 km along Highway 3 with the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_1876-115x115.jpg "Turning 60 On Two Wheels – Part 2: My Honda Trail 125 Journey On The Kettle Valley Railway")
![My co-worker Rod walked over to my desk sometime last year with the idea we should bike pack a significant part of the BC Epic 1000 bicycle race route. On […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Publication3-115x115.jpg "Turning 60 On Two Wheels – Part 1: My Bike Journey on the Kettle Valley Railway")
![I live in a place with a winter climate for many months of the year. I like to get out into the wilderness and do things away from people. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-03-24-at-8.37.04-PM.jpg "My 1980 Ski Doo Alpine 640ER")
![I don’t ride a motorcycle. They have not been high in my thoughts for most of my life even though my dad had them and my wife currently owns a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_8761.jpeg "My 2024 Honda Trail 125")
![I had a plan. I was going to buy a new Ford Bronco Two Door, with the 7-speed manual, for off highway exploration. Then I was going to travel all […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_6867.jpeg "COAL 20: 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Limited – Uba")
![I had lost one of the key fobs for the old Expedition. It was right around Christmas and while waiting for the parts desk lineup to clear I wandered around […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_9033.jpeg "COAL 19: 2016 F-150 SuperCrew FX4 – A Crummy End of an Era")
![When we found out that my wife was going to be attending summer school in the hot Okanagan Valley and commuting every day neither the ventilation-challenged Civic nor the fuel […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DSC_0299.jpeg "COAL 18: 2011 Ford Fiesta – The Anti Expedition")
![When I see someone rolling in a 460 cubic inch Lincoln Town Car I heartily approve, though I wonder why they didn’t just quit fooling around and go for the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1100.jpeg "COAL 17: 1999 Ford Expedition – Plus Doing My Bit for the Environment")
![My family of 5 growing up could go to town in our VW Bug if need be, when the Valiant was unavailable. But there were no enormous backwards facing car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/P1020404.jpeg "COAL 16: 1992 Ford Explorer – And a Seismic Shift or Two")
![I sure liked the Toyota T-100 and Tacoma and on my way to Vancouver to go truck shopping that’s what I envisaged driving home in. Economics and financing being what […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Scan-16.jpeg "COAL 14: 1998 F-150 XL 4X4 – The White Truck")
![One of the problems with rural living is that you really end up putting miles on a vehicle far in excess of what you do with more urban living. We […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/April-12-2009-053.jpeg "COAL 14: 1993 Honda Civic LX – Plus a Few Flying Machines.")
![A few weeks ago, there was a post here at Curbside Classic about questionable engineering decisions. The one that tops my list is Toyota’s decision to go from the bulletproof […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_2931.jpeg "COAL 13: 1986 Toyota 4X4 XtraCab – Back to the Future")
![Working and moving. That’s what the second half of the 1990s was to me. We were putting on a lot of miles and as awesome as the Yellow Toyota pickup […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20221127_0020-1.jpeg "COAL 12: 1989 Mazda B2200 – Mini Trucking Yet Again")
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