After a few days relaxing on Vancouver Island we have made our way back to mainland and spent a few days exploring Vancouver before heading back home.
Vancouver Island
Early in the morning we were headed for Earls Cove to catch the ferry to Saltery Bay then drove to Powell River and got onto the second ferry to Comox on Vancouver Island- our last stop before going back home via Vancouver. The passage was very smooth and enjoyable as the weather slowly started to…
Smuggler Cove
We enjoyed a very lazy morning sleeping in and waking up to this wonderful view from our AirBnB window. Having a late breakfast and a good cup of coffee we enjoyed this wonderful part of the country. What a lovely place to live! To get going a bit we drove down the road to Smuggler…
Halfmoon Bay (Sunshine Coast)
Early in the morning we hit the Sea- to- Sky Highway South towards Vancouver. The rest of our trip we would be spending close to the ocean. We wanted to end our journey in Vancouver. For now, however, we barely graced the city. Instead we took the car ferry from Horseshoe Bay in Vancouver West…
Whistler Mountain
We seem to be attracting bears. On our way up Blackcomb mountain we saw a black bear from the gondola near the mountain bike track and a grizzly bear from the Peak to Peak Gondola. That makes it a total of seven bears we have seen on this trip so far- apparently a lot of…
Whistler
Leaving Lillooet we made a quick stop at Seton Lake to admire the beautiful scenery of the dam and its surrounding mountains. We continued on Highway 99 South which is a very steep and winding road. The next 120 kilometers took us over two hours. But driving through the tall mountains on both sides was…
Lillooet
Our original plan was to drive from Clearwater to Lillooet via Kamloops. Our host in Valemount suggested a different, more scenic route. So we took Highway 24 via Fort Mills instead. This route takes you along many beautiful lakes. The first one we stopped at for coffee was Lac de Roches. What a view for…
Wells Gray Park (day 2)
The next day we headed back into the park in the morning with the intention of doing two trails: the West Lake Loop and Moul Falls. About twenty minutes into the park we saw a black bear enjoying berries by the side of the road. When I opened my car window the bear got on…
Wells Gray Park (Clearwater)
The weather changes rapidly here in the mountains. Over night the clouds have lifted and we started in the day with warm and sunny weather. A must see in Wells Gray National Park is Helmcken Falls. Instead of driving to the viewing area we wanted to do the South Rim Hike on the other side…
Clearwater
The drive from Valemount was quite uneventful. Traffic was very light and we only stopped once to walk down to Little Hell‘s Gate. Destination for the following three days was Wells Gray Provincial Park in the East Cariboo District. With the boardering provincial parks the Wells Gray NP makes up for an area of 810.000…