Month: May 2016

When Day 14 began (Saturday, May 7th), I knew that my hopes for the day on the lower Thompson River and in the Fraser Canyon as written in my notebook were overly-ambitious. I’d have to high-grade the possibilities as the day went on. At 191 km (119 mi), the...

So far on the trip, I’ve been very lucky with the weather. The only 2 days that were really not pleasant were the day of snow at Summit Lake, and a few hours of rain at Bella Coola. Day 13, though – Friday, May 6th – would take us...

The plan for this 58-day trip is to have very little backtracking, and very few days that focus on the destination instead of the journey, but Day 12, Thursday, May 5th, required both of those to get back to Williams Lake. It would be a longer day for all...

Day 12 of the trip, Tuesday, May 4th, started off early as usual, with a spectacular mountain view out every window from my spot at the Rip Rap Campsite in Hagensborg, a few miles up the valley from Bella Coola. For some reason I had thought about just staying...

The itinerary for Monday, May 3rd, Day 10 of the trip, was to drive from Farwell Canyon to Bella Coola. It would include one of the big Adventures of the journey – driving “The Hill” into Bella Coola. It’s been infamous due to its very steep drop, and winding,...

Monday (May 2nd) had already been a fabulous day by noon, but there was a circle tour recommended by Destination BC that I wanted to see. It was supposed to take 6 hours, but having the Gang Ranch in the description was enough to get me going. The route...

From the Blue Cedars Campground in Prince George, the next stop was one I’d been looking forward to since a friend from high school who lives in Williams Lake took me there last Fall. Farwell Canyon had pretty much everything that my perfect RV boondocking site requires. “Boondocking” is...

Saturday was going to be a really easy day. The only solid plan was to have a good look at the Railway & Forestry Museum in Prince George, but I was open to other options as they were presented. The Crooked River Rest Area was empty when we arrived,...

As I write this post on Sunday, May 1st, I’m camped in the wilderness an hour west of Williams Lake, with no cell, no Internet – not even any radio stations. I won’t have Internet access to post this until I reach Bella Coola on Tuesday or Wednesday. It’s...