On Day 9 of the trip, May 4th, Cathy joined us, and we took a ferry to Vancouver Island to explore for 3-4 weeks. It takes a while to acclimatize to the busy-ness of the Fraser Valley. Luckily, the traffic was reasonably light except for one jam-up getting on...

Days 7 and 8 of the trip, May 2nd and 3rd, took us from the calm and spectacular Fraser Canyon to the extremely busy world of freeways and malls at Chilliwack. The pullout at the old Kanaka Bar Lodge was a fine place to wake up. I don’t remember...

Day 6 (May 1st) was a busy day photographically – after editing, there are 206 photos in the day’s folder. This post takes us the final 15 km or so to our overnight spot across the highway from the abandoned Kanaka Bar Lodge. The first stop was only a...

On Day 6, May 1st, I continued exploring the Thompson River and Fraser River Canyons, which had been planned as the main focus of this first week on the road. We spent the previous night at the Gold Pan Provincial Park campground, and I was in no hurry to...

Day 5 of the trip, April 30th, was a busy day. Once I hooked the Tracker back up to the motorhome after exploring Ashcroft, we continued south to Spences Bridge and on to the campground at Gold Pan Provincial Park on the Thompson River. Although I kept going in...

On Day 5, April 30th, we made the transition from Late Winter to Spring, from sleet at Clinton to flowers and leafed-out trees from Cache Creek south. The day began with a hike on the Mount Begbie Lookout trail, described in my last post, and a short detour to...

One of the challenges of writing this blog while I’m travelling is deciding how to divide it. Sometimes one day makes for a good post length, sometimes a couple of days. But there are times when a day has so much going on that a specific event or site...

Day 3, Friday, April 29th, would be a much easier day, with less than 400 km the goal, to a rest area north of Prince George. The sunrise in Dawson Creek was stunning. This was shot at 05:29. It was looking to be another mostly cloudy day, with rainstorms...

As I write this, Day 3 of the season-opener Adventure has begun. The plan for the trip is rather vague other than it will all be in northern and western British Columbia, and Vancouver Island is the primary focus. We’ll be on “The Island” for about a month. Cathy...

My timing was a bit off on my last drive down to Skagway. Three important things that I need to get the RV ready for the big season-opener trip to Vancouver Island weren’t in at the post office yet, so I went back yesterday to get them. The weather...