With around 5,000 kilometres under his kilt, Michael Yellowlees is on his third pair of shoes. 

His dog Luna trotting at his side, Yellowlees has been pushing his improvised cart along the shoulder of the Trans-Canada highway since March. 

“We’re walking 40 or 50 kilometres every day,” Yellowlees said. “But we’re living an adventure of a lifetime. Canada is such a beautiful country in so many ways.”

Man and dog are walking west to east, from Tofino, B.C., to Cape Spear, N.L., which they hope to reach sometime in December.

Their journey is to raise money for Trees for Life, a