Endless Summer

After the glorious summer we've had in British Columbia this year it's certainly drawing to a close now. Leaves are changing and the weather has turned cool and wet once again. This year we've decided to treat ourselves to endless summer and are giving winter a miss by heading south, way south. In fact,...

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Winnipeg?

Winnipeg? Yes, Winnipeg... We still had some time left to go before our cruise departure date and we had some business back east that needed attention, so, we embarked on a very quick one-week, 6,000 km round-trip across 1/2 the country to Winnipeg and back. The road is good and the traffic and...

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Sunshine Coast Trail

As you may remember, the first week of May was the first week of our summer-long road trip. We spent it on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia which is a strip of developed coastline, on the mainland, running north from Vancouver. It's a somewhat isolated area as you need to take two ferries to reach...

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End of Road Trip

Sadly, the time had come when we needed to return to Vancouver to sell the van and prepare for the next phase in this adventure. We gave ourselves plenty of time to sell, we had four weeks before we would get desperate. We were unsure of the market and it was the end of the season. After researching...

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Sandon BC

On our recent Kootenay Rockies road trip circuit, we visited the ghost town of Sandon BC, one of many such boom and bust gold towns scattered throughout the Province. Some are in better shape than others and most have a tiny few dedicated remaining residents who try and keep the unique history of each...

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