The cross-country road trip
Canada and the US · 5 legs · 38 stops
In September 2024 I did something I’ve always wanted to do: I drove across Canada in an electric pickup truck, a Rivian R1T, and filmed episodes of my cooking show in the parks along the way. Canada is gigantic: it took five days just to drive across Ontario.
From Vancouver Island I drove down the west coast, through the US national parks, and back to Kitchener, then kept going east to Nova Scotia.
The legs
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Leg 1
Cross Country Canada
Kitchener to Victoria: five days just to cross Ontario, a charging problem that cost me a day, then the Prairies, the Rockies, and Vancouver Island.
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Leg 2
Down the West Coast
The ferry from Victoria to Washington, ten days in Portland, then down to San Francisco by way of the Weasku Inn.
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Leg 3
U.S. National Park Historic Lodges
Yosemite, Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Bryce Canyon, staying at each park's historic lodge or cabins.
- Leg 4 Moab, Colorado, and Kitchener A night in Moab, a few days in Boulder, then two days across the Midwest back to Kitchener.
- Leg 5 East to Nova Scotia Kitchener to Nova Scotia through the cities: Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Fredericton, and Halifax.
The episodes
I filmed these videos in September and October 2024. I haven’t had time to finish editing them yet. When I got home at the end of the trip, I moved to a new province and started a new full-time job as a VP of Marketing. Then I bought land and started building a house. So, it’s been busy!
Testing my EV kitchen with cookbook club at The Pinery Provincial Park, ON
#2: Starting My Cross-Country EV Roadtrip
Mac and Cheese at Bruce Peninsula National Park, ON
Minestrone Soup at Lake Superior, ON
Rainbow Salad at Rainbow Falls, ON
Rye Mountain Muffins at Riding Mountain National Park, MB
Grass-Fed Milk Bread at Grasslands National Park, SK
Dinosaur Kale Salad in Drumheller, AB
Banff Bourguignon, Banff National Park, AB
