Category: Travel
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The Alaska highway
We said goodbye to Whitehorse and started to head Southeast along the Alaska highway; we had learnt a lot about this famous highway during our museum visit in Whitehorse. It was constructed during World War II to connect the contiguous United States to Alaska across Canada to act as a supply route. It begins in…
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Whitehorse, Yukon
It was time for the big “push” North, we left Boya lake early as we had a long drive ahead…..Satnav time +2hrs; we always have to add extra time to our Satnav prediction, Delta isn’t always as fast moving and we have to stop regularly. After about an hour’s drive, through forest destroyed by previous…
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Dease Lake and Boya Lake
After leaving Stewart we headed back out on highway 37a and rejoined highway 37 heading North. Passing through varied and beautiful scenery and several thunderstorms until we reached our campsite at Dease Lake. We arrived just before sunset and we were greeted with stunning views across the lake. It was just a short one night…
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Stewart
From Witset we headed North again up Highway 16 until we reached Kitwanga and took Highway 37. We visited Battle hill on the way and the famous Totem poles in Kitwanga before taking a lunch break at Meziadin Provincial Park. At Meziadin Junction we then took the spectacular and bumpy Highway 37a to Stewart, the…
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Smithers and Witset
Back on Highway 16 we were headed North again through increasingly more beautiful scenery and we spent four nights camping in different locations around Smithers and Witset. Our first night was a little remote, we were the only campers in a very small and “interesting” town and we were camped at a mushroom farm, with…
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Sowchea and Tyhee Provincial Parks
Back on Highway 97 we again headed North towards Prince George and then West onto Highway 16 to our next two stop overs of Sowchea Provincial Park and Tyhee Provincial Park, both lakeside campsites promising stunning views. We had been aware of the terrible wildfires British Columbia was experiencing this summer and had already had…
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Bowron Lake & Barkerville
Continuing heading North up highway 97 we passed by the famous Gold Rush towns of 70 Mile House, 100 Mile House and 150 Mile House where the waggons would stop and refresh and the impressive Cariboo Mountains. We branched off onto a smaller route towards Bowron Provincial Park, and after some beautiful lake scenery we…
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Back to Canada mainland
On the 1st July (Canada day) we took the ferry from Departure Bay on Vancouver Island to Horseshoe Bay Vancouver to begin our journey North towards Whitehorse in the Yukon. We spent a few nights in the Vancouver area, staying at a miniature horse ranch and a harvest Host honey farm, before taking highway 97…
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Strathcona provincial park
Now it was time to really test our metal and have three nights off grid in Strathcona provincial park in the centre of Vancouver Island. After a long and tiring windy bumpy drive into the park we were rewarded with a beautiful pitch deep in the forest. Once set up, which takes us about an…
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Harvest Host
Instead of booking at a normal full hook up campsite we decided to book a one night pitch at a Harvest Host; Harvest Hosts are Wineries, Breweries, Farms & Attractions that invite RVers to stay overnight on their land with no camping fees, there is no “hook up” so we were completely off grid…. exciting!…
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