Dottorre and Craig911...
You're corner of the world is wonderful (on both sides of the border). A few years back, my (then) gf and I drove her old Isuzu Tropper from yeah-hello-Mississippi to Bellingham, on up into Canada, then back to catch the ferry. Went all the way up the inside passage. Off loaded and drove the AlCan Hwy on over to Denali. Then down around the Kenai Peninsula and finally over to Anchorage.
In Anchorage we sold the Trooper for $3000 and flew home (it was 12 years old w/290,000 miles on the clock but it was a 4wd, fully operational and no rust). Most we could get for it down heah was 1500!(maybe those good ol' boys aren't so dumb after all..lol).
Anyways...we found everyone we encountered as friendly and welcoming, if not a bit bemused by our accents and sense of adventure. 'Course we didn't espouse our political views, disdain for local culture or sexual proclivities on the body work of the Trooper.
Sorry to go off thread.