Oct 12, 2018 - Renfrew, Ontario

With the gas gauge getting low, I made the only fill-up in Canada on this trip, over $200 CDN for about 55 gallons, but it would get us all the way to Burlington, Vermont, where $3 a gallon would look pretty good. Usually, we don't call and ask permission to stay overnight in Walmarts, when we arrive, and there are no signs posted to the contrary, and at least one other RV is there, we just pull in and crank up the television antenna. But, in this case it was a long way from Sudbury to Ottawa, so I made the call again, this time to the...

Oct 11, 2018 - Sudbury, Ontario

. It is 180 miles from Escanaba, Michigan to the Canadian border crossing at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. So, again, after a quick breakfast at the Walmart in-store McDonald's, we hit the road again. . Today's plan was to fill up with Michigan gasoline on this side of the border, saving about $1.20 a gallon after taking the currency exchange into consideration (the Canadian dollar is worth about 77¢ USD) the saving was considerable on the 60 gallons I purchased on this side of the border. . Customs just took a few minutes with a very...

Oct 7, 2018 - The Fourth and Last Week

As you can tell we are headed north again along the 101 Hwy. and just outside Lincoln City is a sign saying we are ½ way between the North Pole & the Equator. This part of the 101 is very narrow and winding, and takes us through small towns like Hebo, Cloverdale & Beaver doing 30-45 mph., until we reach Tillamook which has the claim to fame of cheese. We toured the factory & did some taste testing. This place draws hundreds and hundreds of tourists a day, every day. Rockaway Beach is our next stop at Shoreline RV Park. It is steps from the...

Oct 3, 2018 - Watson Lake, Yukon

We stopped for ond day at the same campground we stopped at on the way up. It was nothing fancy, just a flat open campground in a sandy bottom. It was right near the cutoff for Hwy 37, the Cassiar Highway that goes from the Alaska Highway south to the Yellowhead Highway that runs west from Edmonton to Prince Rupert on the coast of British Columbia. Shortly after starting down the Cassiar you cross into BC from the Yukon. The road passes through some very remote areas and smaller settlements. We drove south to Dease Lake and stopped for one...

Oct 3, 2018 - Smithers, British Columbia

Smithers is a nice town on the Yellowhead Highway. It is much like any small town with most amenities a small town in the US might have with several fast food restaurants, restaurants and a nice selection of stores. we had a nice caravan sponsored dinner at an Italian restaurant in town. Other than that it was a "wind down" stop on the way to our last stop on the caravan in Prince George.

Oct 3, 2018 - Stewart, British Columbia

We arrived at Stewart for two nights. The drive was very foggy leaving Dease Lake but cleared up about half way to Stewart and was a very nice drive. About 35 miles from Stewart we arrived at Meziadin Junction on a lake by that name. The road from there to Stewart cuts through a narrow cut through the mountains and then on the Stewart. In the cut there are glaciers and areas where you can see where avalanches are common. In fact, there are signs warning of avalanches with a small sign hanging below that says "Year Round". Right next to...

Sep 30, 2018 - Hope to Fort Langley

I spent my first night on the road in April last year at the Fort Langley campground so it’s fitting that I end my journey here having done a full circuit of Canada over the last 18 months. I’ve travelled a total of 30,000 kms, 16,000 last year & 14,000 this year & in the process I’ve taken nearly 6,000 photos. Thank heavens for digital cameras. I’ll spend the next couple of weeks sorting out the motorhome then working on selling it so won’t have much time for any more sightseeing although I might be able to fit in a few short trips if...

Sep 29, 2018 - Vancouver (In Transit)

@@@@@@@ KAPOORS ON THE ROAD When booking our one-way flight to Gatwick airport, we chose a long layover in Vancouver instead of a relatively short one. Living on an island has taught us that you can’t always rely on good weather conditions or other transportation issues to ensure that you are able to catch a long, overseas flight. Plans can really go astray if one missed the first leg of a journey. It’s like dominoes, the first one falls, and the rest just keep toppling over. We ended up with five hours between our on-time 15-minute flight...

Sep 29, 2018 - Boston Bar to Hope

Sometimes, no matter how much you plan, things just don’t work out. I stopped at Hell’s Gate which is only a short distance from where I was staying but decided not to go on the Air Tram because it was expensive & I didn’t want to spend a long time there. Hell’s Gate is the narrowest part of the Fraser River, just 33 metres wide & they say that the volume of water going through is twice the volume of Niagara Falls which I find very hard to believe. Maybe when the river’s in flood but the bloke at the campground said that it’s very low...

Sep 29, 2018 - Goodbye Victoria

@@@@@@@ KAPOORS ON THE ROAD It had been a tough summer for me, in fact I missed the summer almost completely due to a spell of dizziness and lack of balance issues that started in early June and lasted for over three months while my doctor ran a series of tests to rule out anything really nasty or threatening. When he requested a CAT scan and then an MRI I knew it would be weeks before all the testing would be completed. I got the all clear in the middle of September and then I was referred to a physiotherapist who was able to pinpoint the...

Sep 28, 2018 - Hat Creek Ranch to Boston Bar

No ghosts last night even though it was a full moon. I didn’t go very far again today but it still took me all day because I had to keep stopping to take in the magnificent views. Fortunately for most of the time I was on the right side of the road & there were plenty of places to pull off. This is all gold rush country. It started in 1858 when gold was sent from Lillooet to the San Francisco mint but quickly spread south along the Fraser River all the way to Yale & Hope. Boston Bar, one of the richest locations on the Fraser was so named...

Sep 27, 2018 - End of Summer

Another summer has quickly passed and as all us ‘old folk’ know, as we age, the time seems to go so much faster. It’s been a good summer for us here in our northern camp on Mississippi Lake. For Mike it was one of getting some needed errands done, new glasses, new hearing aids, a new dental implant, and a new glucose monitor for his diabetes which attaches to his arm and can monitor his sugar levels 24/7 (no more finger pricks). Does anyone else see a 'getting old' theme here? For Michelle it was her weekly game of golf with the ladies...