Moored up just west of Edmonton now for the next 4 weeks. The main reason is to wait for the nights to draw in before we go further north to the Yukon and alaska so that we maximise our chances of seeing the northern lights.
We are technically at about the same latitude as London - 53n - but as the magnetic north pole is actually centred over northern canada we are closer to the aurora band, so it may be visible here if there is strong solar activity. When we do go further north from august 6th we will go through Whitehorse which is home to a prominent aurora observatory, but they don't reopen for the season until August 18th as the skies are too light. But as we have to come back via the same road - the alaska highway is the only main road there is - we will visit on our way down to vancouver probably toward the end of august.
Edmonton doesn't look to be the most interesting place to visit, but we managed to get a deal on a month's stay where as we couldn't even find a space for that long around calgary or the mountains as it's peak vacation season, and it's the last large population centre we will be near until fairbanks and vancouver. So as usual we have some chores to do, and I need to get my tooth fixed from when I broke it a couple of weeks back. So looking at how to winterise the bus, and enquiring about snow tyres as there is no provincial sales tax in alberta...almost as bad as buying winter coats in florida.
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