This will be the beginning, an introduction of sorts, for a thread, devoted to the travels of my Tacoma, affectionately nicknamed "The Yak" by my wife for luck. I finally felt it safe to begin this thread as my wife and I are already deeply committed to this journey. We have been steadily working away, trying to plan and organize for a journey that will culminate in over 25000 kms, and which will ultimately take flight in only 4 and some odd rapidly approaching months, on June 27th 2007.
I have set about preparing for this trip as a personal challenge, with the intention to share an undoubtedly awesome experience with some of my friends here who I think will appreciate the pictures and details of magnificent landscapes, and the challenges involved in travelling from one coast to the other, living in a Tacoma, with a tent, and some gear . If you would like to follow my route and experiences it will be good to have you along for the ride.
So where are we going? Well starting this summer, my wife and I are embarking on the first part of a two part journey. Our goal is to see and experience everything our magnificent country of Canada has to offer, from coast to coast. We will be meeting up with friends and family along the way, and with any luck we hope to get to meet some new friends.
The first part will take us from the hectic confines of what is Southern Ontario to Quebec, into some remote regions of Labrador, south to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, then north through New Brunswick, back into Quebec, then finally home. For this first part we will be on the road, living from our truck for the majority of time, over roughly a 6 week span.
The second part, which is significantly longer (10 weeks allotted), will again take us away from home in Southern Ontario, across the Canadian prairies, up through the rockies, and into the Yukon, before turning around and heading home via a more northerly route. The final date of departure for the second half of our journey has yet to be determined, but it will be some time in the spring/summer of 08 as we are both restricted by how much vacation and personal time we can take away from work in one fiscal year.
Most truck mods like the ones I have done, have been documented at some point yet some have not been. My tent setup, food and gear storage have not been, and I'll update and provide detail on these things shortly. My wife and I are attending
The Outdoor Adventure Show in Toronto next weekend to research and examine a couple options before final preps are made. The route has not been finalized either but is coming together, the map below gives you an idea. We are not firm on this route and we intend on using it as our general guide only. A 4 day test run up to our cottage property in Miller Lake (ON) has been planned for mid May, so hopefully all goes well.
The GCEC Team and the guys and gals of
MEC in Toronto have been a big help in procuring info and educating me on certain gear for our trip so a big thanks to them. Emails to
Parks Canada has also proved to been very helpful with info on places to stay and see so big thanks to them also. Anyway stay turned. I'll try and provide as many updates as I can as things come along.
My wife and I will be doing something similar in the future. We were way up in northern Quebec last fall. It was beautifull up there! I need to make to your end someday. My sig pic was taken in canada. 
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