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Fisch on Tour

Sabbatical 2023 June to December in Western Canada and the US Læs mere
  • A miracle

    19. august 2023, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    On Saturday I get back on the road, after my niece Isabelle’s 6th birthday party. And a miracle occurs - after several calls and insistence with Edmonton Police, I actually get my bike back. Thanks to the AirTag I knew where it is. Initially, I had thought somebody had removed the attic, as I did not find the bike at the indicated location, but while in Germany, the attic moved. That indicated that it was still on the bike, and the bike had moved. So if you don’t have tracking devices on your gear yet - I heartily recommend it .Læs mere

  • McBride - authentic northern town

    24. august 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    I drive into McBride more by chance than by plan and truly fall in love with this very authentic Northern forest town. Especially with the beanery café in the train station and the characters there. The power goes out while I’m waiting for my breakfast, a scheduled interruption, I feel like I’m in South Africa.Læs mere

  • On the move

    24. august 2023, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    I am on the Yellowhead Highway, one of only 2 road fully transversing the Rocky Mountains in Canada. This is the northern road, only fully completed in 1972. People followed the railroad here, once transportation was established, forestry industry and mining followed. Once in area, it was no longer attractive, everything was picked up and moved. Still today.Læs mere

  • Fort St. James

    28. august 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    75% original Hudson’s Bay Company Trading Fort on Stuart Lake. A vast majority of central and western Canada was discovered by the white man through trappers and traders. I also witnessed the first and probably last chicken race of my life. The truth, I think: Fort St. James is so far out of the way that the caretakers needed to come up with something fun to lure people hereLæs mere

  • Car issues - I’m stuck in Hazelton and S

    30. august 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    While getting gas at a full service gas station, the idiots there put regular gasoline into my diesel tank. Believe me, you do NOT want that to happen. The engine sounds very unhealthy. I managed to roll it to a stop in front of Hazelton public library (WiFi!!!!) at 6 pm and spent an uncomfortable night there before being able to to call towing services, garages and insurance company. And as Hazelton is a small village in the middle of nowhere, it took until the late afternoon before a tow truck arrived and pulled me into the next biggest town, Smithers, where I had found a mechanic who could take a look at my car the next day, and not 2 to 4 weeks out. Big thank you to OK Tire in Smithers! I got lucky, after draining, and cleaning the tank, the engine runs fine, and in the end I lost only two days, and the insurance is going to cover most of the cost.Læs mere

  • Totem country

    1. september 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    This area of British Columbia has a very high percentage of indigenous population, and their rich culture. They mainly lived off fish, spending the winters in longhouses, and commemorating the ancestors in history in totem poles. A selection of images of the many villages and totem poles I’ve visited over the last couple of days.Læs mere

  • Fish Creek & Salmon Glacier

    2. september 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    2 big reasons to make the journey to Stewart / Hyder: bears feeding on salmon in Fish Creek, and the huge, unbelievably beautiful Salmon Glacier. Unfortunately, even though I spent about three hours over four different visits at the fish creek wildlife viewing site no bears showed up 😞 still, seeing the unbelievable amount of salmon, was definitely worth it. The black ones are pink salmon, and the greenish chum salmon.Læs mere

  • North Pacific Cannery Historic Site

    5. september 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Want to know why salmon were decimated in the Pacific? There were over 800 Canneries like the historic site I visited today between San Francisco and Prince Rupert from about 1880 to 1980. Add to that dammed rivers, water pollution etc… anyhow, the canneries were real cities, often only accessible by boat, employing 800-1200 people per season. I don’t want to imagine the smell…Læs mere

  • A day on the ferry

    6. september 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Today I took the ferry from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy at the north end of Vancouver Island. 16,5 hours + be there 2 hours early + 1 hour to get off and go to the campground! I got up at 5 am. Fortunately, the weather improved along the way and we saw lots of humpback whales.Læs mere

  • Whale Watching

    8. september 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Out of Alert Bay. An unbelievable day! We saw resident orca, transient orca (2 separate species), sea otters, lots of humpback whales, Dall’s porpoise and Pacific white-sided dolphins. I can only load 2 videos, and all my Fotos are on the big cameraLæs mere