Aug 23, 2012 - Prince George Past McBride Along The Yellowhead

8-23 Prince George Past McBride Along The Yellowhead Sunny And 60 Degrees Stayed at The Beaverview RV Park And Campground Mike had made an early appointment today to have the trailer axles either repaired or remade and replaced. We finally got a little break …they were both bent, but not too bad to be fixed. After evaluating the size of the axles and the weight of the trailer loaded, they decided we really were OK with what we have, that the problem had just been the terrible roads. So, a lot of banging and several hours later, we were on...

Aug 28, 2011 - Baker Creek Rest Area, BC - Heading East

(Ron Writing) We had a relaxing morning before we drove over to the visitor center to use the WiFi and get email and post the journal entry. We also fueled-up the truck before leaving Prince George heading east on the Yellowhead Highway. As we left Prince George we crossed the mighty Fraser River and most of our drive today followed the Fraser River Valley. There aren’t many towns along this route but there is a lot of beautiful scenery with heavily forested mountains. The forests have a good mixture of hardwoods and softwoods so I expect...

Aug 10, 2011 - McBride, BC

We all got around in the morning, shared some morning time and then proceeded to ready our rigs for departure. Saying goodbye was not necessarily bad, as we know we will see Rod & Joanne again back in Wisconsin, but UWE and Anna, may not cross our paths again soon. They are such a nice couple who came from trying and humble beginnings in Europe after the war, but made their way to where they are now. Of course, Uwe being an engineer made our connection easy. But eventually, we all left one by one, and are now on our own to get home, however...

Aug 25, 2010 - McBride, BC

Campground: Beaverview RV Park Fortunately the rain stopped, a good omen for Sally and Mike’s drive home. We followed them for a few miles but we turned off and they went straight south. We are so sad! We followed the Fraser River to McBride and, of course, at one rest stop the boys had to fish. McBride BC is a delightful little town located in the Robson Valley by the Fraser River. It was established in 1913 as a divisional point on the railroad and the train station is a central point of the McBride landscape. It’s very flat in the town....

Jul 21, 2010 - Houston, BC to McBride, BC

Well, we had a day of not much scenery - just getting into Jasper area, seeing mountains all around again. We are staying at Beaverview RV Park, ~100 miles before Jasper. This is a very nice park, on a river - but not many skitters at all. There is NO gravel - everything is grass (altho some sites are not too level) - some in the shade & most in the sun. The best part is that they also have excellent internet connections! Wow, 2 nites in a row & once again, it's only $28! The hosts are very nice & helpful & we both really like this...

Sep 19, 2009 - Winding Down

Saturday, September 19, 2009. N.V. Mountain Chalet and RV Resort Winding Down We got to looking at the campground and park fees for Jasper and Banff and decided to go a little later in the week instead of for the whole week while Tom was still working. There are a couple of campgrounds in the area we checked into and decided to stay for a few days just to decompress.

Sep 18, 2009 - Exploration Museum & Ancient Forest Trail

Friday, September 18, 2009. Pull-Out Between McBride and Dunster, Bristish Columbia Exploration Museum & Ancient Forest Trail Jonathan and I drove into Prince George today to the Exploration Museum. We had a little bit of a hard time finding the place but once we did we had fun. They had several neat displays. There was a motor that Jonathan enjoyed working with. They had dinosaur bones on display. There was a sports booth where people could try out hockey, soccer or basketball. Jonathan and I even had the opportunity to play a game of pool...

Aug 30, 2009 - McBride, British Columbia

Our route today: South on Yellowhead Highway from mile marker 392 to McBride where we lost track of the mile marker numbers so you will have to take our word for it. The weather in this area has been extremely dry and warmer than normal this summer. As a result, many of the trees look dry and are changing color early, the grass is brown, and the unpaved roads are very dusty. There is a burning ban so no campfires were allowed in the park last night, although the owner of the campground gave us permission to use charcoal for our grill and...

Aug 17, 2009 - McBride, BC - Beaverview RV Park and Campground

Our trip today was only about 150 miles and would have been very enjoyable except for the weather. It drizzled and we were driving within the clouds for a good bit of the trip. At least the road was very good for the most part. We did see two elk from a distance but STILL NO BULL MOOSE! We are staying at Beaverview RV Park and Campground just a little east of McBride with the Fraser River behind it. We have a long, narrow pull-through site with just barely enough room to depoy the slides. We have 30 amp and water, with good WiFi and I was...

Aug 14, 2009 - McBride,British Columbia

No pictures today. Since Skagway, we have been heading towards home, but lots of side trips. We went to Stewart, British Columbia and across the road (and USA border) back into Hyder Alaska. This side trip was 60+ miles round trip. Hyder is all dirt road and closed up buildings except for a couple of souvenir shops (AKA ice cream shops) and a US Forestry area that had salmon spawning and supposedly lots of bears. Truly, they had seen several the evening before, but we only were able to see literally thousands of big salmon fighting to get...

Aug 10, 2009 - day 42

Day 42 We pulled into Prince Rupert at 5am, 4 am Alaska time. It was an early rising given we had to pack up our gear. In short order we were through Canadian customs and emigration. There wasn’t much open in Prince Rupert. It was great to see Tim Horton’s again and we went in for a breakfast sandwich and a coffee. I abandoned my companions in the parking lot at Tim Horton’s. I’m sure they weren’t happy about it and neither was I. Sorry guys, my apologies, but sweeter lips than yours are calling me home. I made a promise that I would be...

Jul 31, 2009 - McBride BC

We finally found a campground, many of the ones in the National forest were full, Friday night is not a good night to be looking for a campsite. We made good time today, well after the first four hours. After we left Banff, the GPS indicators revealed that it had been 4 hours since we left Calgary, but we had been stopped 50% of the time. NO MORE SHOPPING. It is great to have Charlotte along, telling me stuff I already know, how to pull a trailer, etc. but she is great helping site the wildlife. "Look there are some long necked ducks down...