Exploring the old Fraser Canyon Highway and Alexandra Bridge
Exploring a bit of the Fraser Canyon in depth was the order of Day 9 – Friday, May 4th. We only put 44 km on the RV, the Tracker got unhooked 4 times for exploring, and some nice surprises were served up in the way of long-abandoned stretches of...
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The Lytton Reaction Ferry – powered by the Fraser River
My exploring at Lytton on Day 7 of the trip – Wednesday, May 3 – got sidetracked a bit when I looked up the Fraser River and saw a tiny ferry. A memory from decades ago told me that it was one of the last reaction ferries remaining in...
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Exploring Lytton and the Thompson River Canyon
After some exploring in the Cache Creek area on the morning of Day 7 of the trip – Wednesday, May 3 – we continued south from the Redhill Rest Area. I didn’t know how far we’d be going, just that it wouldn’t be far. At Cache Creek, the highway...
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Driving from Farwell Canyon to Cache Creek
On Day 6 of the trip – Tuesday, May 1 – I drove from Farwell Canyon west of Williams Lake to the Redhill Rest Area south of Cache Creek, then did some exploring in the Tracker the next morning. Tuesday had started out very cloudy, and there was extensive...
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Exploring Farwell Canyon and the historic Pothole Ranch
This was my third annual visit to Farwell Canyon with the RV, after a high school friend bringing me here in 2015. The more I see of the area, the more captivated I am by it. The stark, spectacular beauty of Farwell Canyon, and the history of the Pothole...
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Days 3 & 4: Driving from Dawson Creek to Farwell Canyon
Although I had planned to get some work done on the RV in Dawson Creek on Saturday, April 28th (Day 3 of the trip), that didn’t work out. As a result, I was away early, with no real schedule for the day. I’d just see what was happening along...
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RV season 2018 has begun – Days 1 & 2, the Alaska Highway
My plan for RV Season 2018 had been to leave Whitehorse on April 20th. That didn’t happen, though – I caught a nasty cold that Cathy had, and I wasn’t well enough to hit the road until Thursday, April 26th. And that was a stretch. As I begin writing...
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Almost ready for a 9-week RV trip around BC and Alberta
I had planned on being on the road 2 days ago, but Cathy passed on her nasty cold to me, and I’ve spent much of the past 3 days in bed instead. As I write this, I’m still far from feeling well, and although I’m hoping that I can...
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A Kluane Lake day – sunshine, sheep, and an ice cave
I’ve been so busy for the past many weeks that I’ve hardly been out exploring at all. Yesterday, though, a friend and I drove out to Kluane Lake, and it was superb – an absolute 10/10 day. Though very cold, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, we got...
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An Aurora Borealis hunt along the Tagish Loop
After hardly taking any pictures for many weeks, I’ve been trying hard to make up for lost time lately. Whoops, Cathy says that house renovations are NOT “lost time”! 🙂 Since buying a lens specifically for photographing the aurora borealis last November, I haven’t yet had a good night...
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