Category: Campgrounds

Day 19 of the trip – Thursday, May 12th – was a very easy driving day, just 138 km (86 mi) from Stemwinder Provincial Park near Hedley to Bear Creek Provincial Park in West Kelowna. The drive is very scenic, on Highways 3, 3A, and 97 – click here...

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...

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...

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,...

I needed to go to Skagway yesterday to pick up a part that I had flown in for my RV, and it turned out to be a wildly varied day. It was -1°C (30°F) when I left home at 09:00. One of the first signs that Winter is really...

I’m home now, but I spent 3 days over the past weekend with my Dad in Kelowna. Direct flights on Air North (with a short stop in Vancouver each direction) make the trip extremely easy now. Climbing out over the Yukon River just after our takeoff at 5:10. With...

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....

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...

On day 10, Friday, September 18, we made the short drive from Hinton to Jasper. I’ve been lucky enough to spend a few days at Jasper in recent years, but it’s one of those places where no amount of time is enough, so we decided to spend a night...