Day 1 - New York - Pennsylvania
1974年5月1日, アメリカ
(Ursula) Today begins an exciting part of our lives.
Our car is a 1972 WV Westfalia Camper. The crew is my husband Heinz (29), me-Ursula (25), and my twin brother Wally.
We are starting a journeyもっと詳しく
Day 2 - Indiana - Illinois
1974年5月2日, アメリカ
Our goal is to reach the Northern regions of Canada swiftly and commence our journey southward. Allotting about an hour each morning for road preparations, Wally and I have opted to forego shaving,もっと詳しく
Day 3 - Chicago
1974年5月3日, アメリカ
(Ursula). Navigating through seemingly boundless industrial zones, we reached Chicago in the early afternoon. To my surprise, the city appeared remarkably clean, defying my preconceived notion of itもっと詳しく
Day 4 - Wisconsin - Minnesota
1974年5月4日, アメリカ
The campsites in the US are excellent. It's lovely to shower warm in the morning when it's cold outside. Ursula blow-dried her long hair using the wall-mounted hand dryer.
The camper needed a washもっと詳しく
Day 5 - Crossing into Manitoba, Canada
1974年5月5日, カナダ
The first border crossing couldn't handle our Swiss passports and directed us to a more prevalent one four miles East. Everything went smoothly there - Welcome to Canada!
The road was a single laneもっと詳しく
Day 6 - Saskatchewan
1974年5月6日, カナダ
Ursula didn't have a driver's license yet and was riding along in the back seat. So, when the landscape looked boring, she kept busy tidying things up in the camper and even cleaned windows! She triedもっと詳しく
Day 8 Edmonton & North
1974年5月8日, カナダ
Edmonton provided the opportunity for food shopping, personal hygiene, and washing clothes. We are now in the Province of Alberta.
Soon, we headed North-West on Route 43. And with that, the sceneryもっと詳しく
Day 9 - Northwest Territories
1974年5月10日, カナダ
Today, we crossed the Peace River and refueled at a gas station where Wally was promptly offered a job as a car mechanic. That was flattering. We aimed to reach Yellowknife in the Northwestもっと詳しく
Day 10 - North to the Arctic Circle
1974年5月11日, カナダ
(Ursula) I was allowed to lie down in Wally's hammock for a while. It was so warm and cuddly. Then we took a "luxury" shower behind the cabin, which required teamwork. Person #1, taking the shower,もっと詳しく
Day 11 - Fort Smith
1974年5月12日, カナダ
After a few miles of driving, Wally felt something wasn’t right with the engine. It was running OK but with diminished power. He found an exhaust valve with almost zero clearance that hadもっと詳しく
Day 12 - Wood Buffalo NP
1974年5月12日, カナダ
(Ursula) Today we explored Wood Buffalo Park. Before leaving, we got invited for tea by a group of people we met. Some were Indians or had at least Indian blood and beautiful brown skin.
On the wayもっと詳しく
Day 13 - Deciding on Plan B
1974年5月13日, カナダ
Our original plan was to drive to Alaska to start the trip to South America. But based on the information received from Igor & Carol, Alaska wasn't doable at this time of the year without a 4x4 driveもっと詳しく
Day 14 - Jasper NP, Alberta
1974年5月14日, カナダ
We arrived in Jasper, Alberta. On the way here, we got stopped by a State Trooper because of speeding (which we were unaware of - the truth!). He could have fined us but let us go with a warning andもっと詳しく
Day 16 - Jasper
1974年5月16日, カナダ
We declared today a rest day we want to spend with Wally’s friends. Ruth is from Tramelan in the Jura and works at the local hospital as a nurse. Chrigel is from Adelboden. He works odd jobs in theもっと詳しく
Day 17 - Jasper
1974年5月17日, カナダ
Ruth & Chrigel had to return to work today.
After breakfast, we went on a short hike in the area and later joined their neighbors, the Klopfstein family, for coffee and continued our journey.もっと詳しく
Day 18 - Banff National Park
1974年5月18日, カナダ
We took our time and enjoyed our leisurely drive through Banff National Park with its magnificent views. In contrast to Switzerland, nature here is primarily untouched wilderness.
Wally and Iもっと詳しく
Day 19 - Golden
1974年5月19日, カナダ
Lake Louise was so picture-perfect. Part of the lake was still frozen.
We are again heading for Vancouver, BC, on the Trans-Canada Highway #1. We were rushing a bit and skipped so many places thatもっと詳しく
Day 20 - Vancouver
1974年5月20日, カナダ
The landscape became much more lush and exciting. Everything was now green. The single-family homes with manicured gardens looked like in a picture book. The city of Vancouver is almost surrounded byもっと詳しく
Day 21-23 Vancouver
1974年5月23日, カナダ
(Ursula) Today, we got to meet Wally's friend Ernst Bähler. He accompanied us to the VW dealer. Our first significant service after 5,592 miles is now done! A section of the heating element wasもっと詳しく
Day 24-25 Vancouver Island
1974年5月25日, カナダ
Does the rain never stop in Vancouver? We had the brilliant idea to rent a room at a Motel. Ernst was in trouble with the landlady, but she did have a heart and allowed Ursula to use her washer/dryer.もっと詳しく
Day 26 - Long Beach Campground
1974年5月26日, カナダ
What a glorious morning!
Blue sky, nice and warm. Just after Nanaimo, on the way to Port Alberni, we visited MacMillan Provincial Park and wandered through a utopian-looking forest in our yellowもっと詳しく
Day 27 - Tofino & Ucluelet
1974年5月27日, カナダ
Tofino and Ucluelet were both fishing villages that we visited. We badly wanted to buy fresh Salmon. Naturally, I checked all the fishing boats at the dock, but there was no luck. Then I found aもっと詳しく
Day 28 - Shawinigan Lake
1974年5月28日, カナダ
Over a dirt logging road and a few fantastic wooden bridges, we drove to Shawinigan Lake to visit a camp Wally recommended.
On the way there, we stopped at the Silver Mine Ranch and decided to goもっと詳しく
Day 29 - Sailing
1974年5月29日, Coastal Waters Of Southeast Alaska And British Columbia
We were ready at 7 AM. Fred took us to Victoria Harbor, where his sailboat was docked. It was nice, over 30 feet long - much more comfortable than the nutshell we remembered from our Club Med vacationもっと詳しく
Day 30 - Port Renfrew - Victoria
1974年5月30日, カナダ
We are 30 days into our journey to South America. What an experience it has been so far!
Today, we took an unpaved road with lots of potholes back to Victoria. Heavily loaded Logging Trucks cameもっと詳しく


























































旅行者Great beginning. I look forward to reading the full story.
旅行者Thank you Aubra