With Intent To Travel

I travel again. In the month of May, 2014, exactly 3 months to the day from now, I will depart New York City for Canada by rail, destination Fairbanks. There is no set timetable, except that I will begin the adventure on May 13th and will be on the British Columbian West Coast by May 31st. This is due to VIA Rail, Canada's national rail system, having obfuscated, substandard travel rules, rendering my 21-day rail pass useless after their "high season" begins on June 1. 

Pictured: Me, in three months (I'm in the second car).

From there, I will likely spend time in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles before flying to Fairbanks. My initial hope was to take a ferry on the Alaskan Marine Highway System (AMHS) from Bellingham, Washington to Whittier, Alaska and then take Alaska Rail to Fairbanks, but the ferry, sadly, would cost upwards of $550, which is not in my budget. 

An in-depth itinerary is forthcoming, but my expected journey will be as follows: 

New York, NY > Montreal, QB > Toronto, ON > Winnipeg, MB > Churchill, MB > Jasper, AB > Vancouver, BC > Seattle, WA > Portland, OR > Los Angeles, CA > Fairbanks, AK > ??? 

More soon,

TJE