Category Archives: British Columbia

We wanted to visit the Doukhabor Discovery Center in Castlegar which doesn’t open until 10 am. We only have a 2 1/5 hour drive to our next campsite and the timing is perfect. Gave us time to shower and do a load of laundry first. The Doukhabors in Canada Doukhobors are a sect of RussianContinue reading “June 19 Castlegar BC to Moyie Lake BC”

I am going to combine two days into this blog as they were mostly driving across the Crowsnest Highway (hwy 3) through some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in Canada, from mountain passes to lush fruit growing valleys and desert..all in  few hours. The Google Timeline maps will give you an idea ofContinue reading “June 17, 18 Harrison Bay to Castlegar via Oliver BC”

Time to leave Vancouver Island, the official start of the return east. We had booked the 11 am ferry from Nanaimo but as it turned out, we arrived at the departure area in time to take the 9:40  ferry. This gives us an extra hour and half on the mainland today. It is cloudy, coolContinue reading “June 16 Nanaimo BC to Harrison RV Park ( Harrison Hot Springs)”

Tomorrow we take the ferry back to the mainland but this time only from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay (Vancouver). We are a little less than 2 hours to Nanaimo so not a lot of driving today. This was the day we had intended for visiting Victoria but because of the wildfire and not getting toContinue reading “June 15 Victoria BC to Nanaimo BC (Living Forest Oceanside campground)”

We opted to spend a whole day in Victoria because we now had the time to do it. It’s another gorgeous day just perfect for this. Our campground today is on the harbour in Esquimault (pronounced Eskwymalt) a few miles west and provided a beautiful view of the City in the evening. Our RV parkContinue reading “June 14 Victoria BC and Salish RV park”

We had a rather lazy start to the morning with coffee and a little bit of breakfast in the house we stayed in last night. While it had a superb view and gave us a gorgeous sunset, the house itself was rather odd. The master bedroom had the hardest mattress we’ve ever slept on. WeContinue reading “June 13 Nanaimo BC to Goldstream Provincial Park (Victoria, BC)”

Well, today started off very promising with bright blue skies and warm weather. They really need some rain here. One of the things we really wanted to do was to spend two days exploring Pacific Rim National Park which is on the other side of Vancouver Island from where we are now. There is aContinue reading “June 13 Campbell River to Nanaimo, BC”

Despite not getting into camp until after midnight, we were both awake early. Not wanting to stay any longer than necessary in our ‘parking lot’ campsite, we packed up quickly and decided to have breakfast somewhere more scenic. We stopped at Port McNeil just a few miles down the road and pulled off near theContinue reading “June 11 Port Hardy to Campbell River, Elk Falls Provincial Park”

Very early start today as we needed to be at the Ferry dock by 5:30 am. Our campsite, such as it was, was only 5 minutes away. We packed day packs the night before. We had time to make coffee in the ferry parking lot before embarking. Not many people on board today. We madeContinue reading “June 10 Prince Rupert BC to Port Hardy BC via BC Ferries”