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This man did a 22,000 mile road trip of North America — these are the 25 spots he says you can't miss by Talia Avakian on Mar 28, 2018, 10:19 AM 
- Nick Paquette and his partner drove over 21,700 miles in six months, traveling through Canada and America by car.
- In Canada's Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, the water appears as a vivid blue due to the presence of glacial silt, which has reflective qualities.
- The pair recommend a range of landscapes and experiences, from hiking through California's Lost Coast, to stargazing in Yosemite National Park.
Have you ever dreamed of packing up and road tripping for months on end? Nick Paquette, a freelance video editor, did just that last year. He embarked on a road trip across North America and drove over 21,700 miles in six months, discovering some of Canada and America's most scenic attractions on the journey. Paquette and his girlfriend originally decided to take the trip as a way to explore their homeland Canada and later extended the trip to include the U.S. The couple purchased a Ford Econoline E150 from a used car dealership for around $5,000 and converted it into a makeshift home, choosing to do the trip by car so they would have the freedom to venture anywhere they chose over the next six months. The duo explored everything from remote surf towns and tranquil campgrounds to adventure-packed caves, sharing the must-see locations with Travel + Leisure. From emerald-colored lakes to valleys blanketed in golden trees, here are the top North American destinations Paquette says you won't want to miss when taking your own journey. SEE ALSO: I've lived in Miami for over 20 years — these are the best neighborhoods to live in right now Medicine Lake — Alberta, Canada  Paquette and his girlfriend started their trip in Ontario and headed north until they reached Alberta, where the duo stopped to admire the scenery of Medicine Lake, located in Jasper National Park. Glacial waters feed the lake in the summer, making levels so high that, at times, it can overflow before it dries out in the winter into a mudflat. The water actually drains out of the lake from the bottom through sinkholes, like a giant bathtub, and then travels through a 10-mile series of underwater caves, resurfacing at the Maligne Canyon.
Tombstone Territorial Park — Yukon Territory, Canada  The two skipped Banff National Park to catch Canada's Yukon territory while the weather was still warm. The area turned out to be Paquette's favorite. "Yukon was always a mystery to me because it's so far north and isolated from everywhere else in Canada," he told T+L. "The landscapes here were insane since everything is so spaced out and you have nature that's much more intact with less human pollution." One of their stops in Yukon was Tombstone Territorial Park, which is known as the "Patagonia of the North" thanks to its striking combination of peaks and tundra terrain. "It's where the forest and the tundra meet and once you go any farther north, the forest starts turning into tundra and you can't see a single tree in sight, but you see rows and rows of these spiky towering mountains that surround you," Paquette said of the Tombstone Mountains.
Salmon Glacier — British Columbia, Canada  In western British Columbia, the couple explored massive glaciers like Salmon Glacier, Canada's fifth largest glacier and the world's largest glacier accessible by road. Thanks to its massive scale, those who visit the glacier, which sits north of both Stewart in British Columbia and Hyder, Alaska on the Canada-U.S. border, are rewarded with a striking view. "When you get to the end of the road, you look down and there's a massive glacier ahead of you, but the scale of it is so huge that you don't even realize the crevices on it until you start to look closer," Paquette said.
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