Emma is a writer, traveler, and teacher. She co-runs this blog and is currently traveling in her VW Bus “Big Emma” from Alaska to Argentina. She loves everything colorful and occasionally licks a rock. She doesn’t believe in mustard.
Join us for a day, as we continue North to Alaska along the great Alaska Highway. Every-day life and everyday adventures, it’s all a part of living and traveling in Big Emma. What is it like to live in a VW Bus for a day? Come on, and check it out!
Big Emma bathes in moonshine at her campspot on the lake. Mountains, trees, lakes, moonshine…what…
Coffee is important, especially on cold mornings in the North. A fresh cup warms the…
As we started to head south, we backtracked along part of the Alaska Highway on…
What was the Dalton Highway for us? It was the most challenging, most remote place we had ever decided to take Big Emma. And what is it now? Did it live up to our dreams, to the high expectations we had set for it?
Fixing the Bus has become a theme of our daily lives. Whenever we think Big…
After deciding to head back in Wiseman, Alaska, we camped the night at the Arctic…
Although the road was challenging for Big Emma, it offered world-class views of miles that…
Emma, Big Emma….names are confusing around here. What’s up with that? Did we just name our Bus after me, its owner? This is often a question that needs some clarification.
As I gazed upon the ice, I could barely breathe for wonder. It was massive, a living landscape of white, accented by a deep, solid blue. And dirty, covered with rocks and sand and the leftover dust of ages of moulding the earth to its power.