May 19, 2019 - Vancouver

Today was off early from hotel to the train station 2 1/2 blocks away checked my bags got my seat assignment for the AMTRAK train to Vancouver, were a lot of people on the train today a lot of them going on a cruise to Alaska, was one of them. LOL The trip took 4 hours then about a 30 minute wait in line to get though passport check and customs then a short ride on the sky train to within 3 blocks of my hotel was able to check in early, the hotel Victoria is the oldest one in Vancouver built in 1898, has the original wood floors in the...

May 17, 2019 - Blog Ten - Whitehorse (Yukon)

Blog Whitehorse (Yukon) Tuesday 14 May 2019 We were up and about without the alarm as today we were on our way back to the Yukon. The drive itself is about two hours but we have been told that there is a fair bit to see and do along the way. With this in mind we were all packed and headed off by 8:00am. The first part of the drive was following the valley on the other side of the road from the train ride the day before. It was just as spectacular with the added bonus of being able to stop when we wanted and take the odd photo! Similarly to...

May 14, 2019 - Tour par Valons et Vallees 2

Bonjour a Tous Familles ze Amis, Juste une petite entrer ds le blog pour voir la fonctionalité avec telephone et vous dire bonjour. Pas bien beau le temps aujourd,hui, 14 mai et les autres jours avant, froid en AM. Jaime bien mon nouvesu vélo et materiel jusqua ce jours. Cependant, vraiment au debut du voyage. Plusieurs visites, donc, routine de nouriture pas établi encore. Bisou a tous, je passerai la frontiere ds 2 jours. Bisou à tous.

May 12, 2019 - Victoria

May 12, 2019 Happy Mother’s Day to all! As a special treat I am baking Bob fresh bread to go with his eggs (which we don’t usually have either!). For those of you who do not camp, you may not understand why we “gush” over wonderful camp baths and lounges. To give you a clue, a great bath is one where there is a hook to hang a towel and enough sink real estate to put a tooth brush. This camp is over the top and better than most hotels. (See the pics!) We did odd jobs around camp and left for town about 11:00, checkout time. We parked at a...

May 11, 2019 - Nanaimo to Victoria

May 11, 2019 Despite Bob’s annoyance with only being able to access the WiFi from the office and having to pay for a shower, Living Forest is a very nice place and worth a return visit. The sites (I think 300 on 53 acres of forested waterside acres) are all very spacious, WiFi is excellent, bathrooms are large, clean and laundry is efficient. Glad we were able to get in! Left about 9:00 for Victoria which is about 2 hours away on TransCanada #1. We drove through Ladysmith’s First Avenue voted 2017 Canada’s greatest street. Charming small...

May 10, 2019 - Whistler to Nanaimo

May 10, 2019 Up at 6:30 and on the road to Horseshoe Bay for the Nanaimo ferry by 7:35. Really another beautiful day with gorgeous scenery along the way. The signs going north on Hwy 99 clearly marked what exit to take to the ferry but travelling south they were not so good. We missed the exit but fortunately the turn-around was not too far down the road. We were there an 1 ½ hours early for the 10:40 departure. We were one of the first on the boat and first off. This is the third time we have taken this ferry and the first time we could...

May 9, 2019 - Vancouver to Whistler

May 9, 2019 Another nice morning with an 81- mile drive to Whistler yet 2 ½ hours driving time. It took us over an hour to get through Vancouver as 99 north runs right past Canada Place and through Stanley Park (the largest city park in North America and bigger than Central Park). Was a beautiful drive up the west coast and looking out towards Vancouver Island. Not too much traffic but road construction narrowed the road to one lane in several places along the way. Lots of 7% grades until Squamish where we bought groceries. On every bottle...

May 8, 2019 - Vancouver

May 8, 2019 Now that we understand the Canada Line, we walked 15 minutes to the Marine Drive Station and got off at Vancouver City-Pacific Centre, a large underground shopping mall that also incorporates the Fairmont Hotel. Julia, our guide from Tour Guys, lead our “free” walking tour. We have done similar ones in Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. There were about 15 of us from around the world. We always learn a lot but retain only 10%. Was a beautiful day for a walk. • Vancouver Art Gallery Four Boats Stranded:Red and Yellow, Black and...

May 7, 2019 - Kelowna to Vancouver, BC

May 7, 2019 Another beautiful day! Stopped at Urban Fare to pick up some lunch for today on the road. 240 miles on Hwys 97C, 5 and TransCanada #1 with virtually no towns (other than Merritt) on the way to Vancouver. Scenery was gorgeous and for almost 100 miles we seemed to be on a 6% downhill grade. The last time we camped in Burnaby near Vancouver and it took us forever to get into the city center. Bob had a good idea before we left Sonoma to book a hotel near the airport (for not much more than the camp) where we could park the car and...

May 7, 2019 - Blog Seven - Haines Junction

Blog Seven – Haines Junction (Yukon) Monday 6 May 2019 An early start again today and a big day of driving ahead. We were fed, watered, packed, car loaded and on our way just before 7:00 as planned. We started down the Glenn Highway towards Glennallen, copper central for Alaska. The drive was an easy one and for the first half skirted the beautiful snow covered mountains on the right that we had been looking at over the past couple of days. We arrived at Glennallen after about an hour and a half and it was not what we expected. We pulled up...

May 6, 2019 - Kelowna

May 6, 2019 Hiawatha RV is really well-located on Lakeshore Drive, 7km from downtown. Across the street are lovely mansions sitting on the lake with lakeside parks and beach interspersed accessible by walkway. Within ¼ mile is the trailhead for Mission Creek multi-purpose trail that runs for miles. Also, there are good roads that allow you to avoid downtown when going north to the Lake Country. Kelwona has a very large footprint extending at least 10km. The main route around the lake, Hwy 97, has every big box store you can imagine...

May 5, 2019 - Winthrop, WA to Kelowna, BC

May 5, 2019 Before dinner we chatted with Joelynn, Delta flight attendant from Bothel, WA. She and her husband had rented the biggest Airstream we had ever seen. Was very roomy but I didn’t think they layout made the best use of space. Very sociable. I got up at 5:15 to do laundry and shower because the facilities were very good. I was greeted by 5 deer who wondered why “in Sam Hill” (of Mary Hill) I was up so early! Joelynn came over to say she was going into Trisp to pick up some cinnamon twisps and would give us some. We had hoped to...