Category: British Columbia

Anyone who enjoys visiting ghost towns can keep busy exploring and researching for years in BC. Wikipedia lists 165 ghost towns in BC, although their criteria for what qualifies as a ghost town is very loose. In any list of of BC’s ghosts towns, the furthest north and one...

This article was originally written for the Destination BC Blog, and was re-posted here under the same date when that blog was closed. The coast of BC, from the sea to the eastern side of the Coast Mountains, is a region so rugged that it needs to be seen...

BC has endless opportunities for epic road trips of any length you choose, with virtually any combination of scenery you could want, from desert to rainforest. I spend a lot of time planning major road trips, some of which happen and some of which don’t. Although I’m still planning...

Wednesday, October 7th, day 29 of the trip, began early at our site at the Bear River RV Park in Stewart. I wanted to have a quick look at the Salmon Glacier, then be on the road for home. By 08:00 we had crossed the unguarded border into Alaska,...

Tuesday, October 6th, day 28 of the trip, was going to be a fairly long day, 552 km from just west of Fort Fraser to Stewart. It got even longer and much less fun when we were attacked in the early afternoon, resulting in several thousand dollars in damage...

On Monday, October 5th, day 27 of the trip, I left Williams Lake at about 09:30, planning to put on as many miles as possible due to problems at home. I hoped to end the day up the Stewart-Cassiar Highway somewhere. The morning began very foggy, and I was...

In my last post, I had just left Wells Gray Provincial Park on Saturday, October 3rd, day 25 of the trip. Saturday and Sunday were mainly visits with friends from high school near 100 Mile House and Williams Lake, but I got some touring done as well, notably to...

It’s now Saturday, October 10th, and I’m home in Whitehorse. We got in on Thursday night after a long, dreary day that began with freezing rain. But between Kelowna and Whitehorse, we saw some wonderful places that I want to show you, so let’s step back a few days....

When I last talked to you, on day 17 of the trip (Friday, September 25th), we had just arrived in West Kelowna. In a few hours from now, on day 23 (Thursday, October 1st), I’ll be starting the 2,600 kilometer (1,616 mile) drive home. The days in the Kelowna...

On days 16 and 17 of the trip (Thursday and Friday, September 24 and 25), we drove from Cochrane to West Kelowna with a detour into Lake Louise, a total of 610 km (379 miles). Before we leave Cochrane, I want to show you some more photos of the...