Month: June 2017

June 1, 2017

We left Dawson Creek this morning, headed for a provincial park less than 300 km north. Our aim now for the next months is to keep to under 300 km. a day. We’ve planned a route which will cover the areas we know about now including lots of side trips and feel this amount will nicely fit into our timetable. Even though it stays light late, we’d like to be settled by mid-afternoon into our campsites in order to have a good selection of sites when we stop.

Lots of trees along the highway, but they have been cut back significantly from the road. We wonder if it is in an effort to cut down the number of vehicles hitting animals on the roadway.

Our stop tonight was at Buckinghorse River Provincial Park. We were the first to arrive in the campground, giving us the prime site overlooking the river, but several others joined us soon. Took a look at the river for possible fishing, but it’s running quite fast and not good access where we are to find some pools for trout, so all we did was practice some casting.

We enjoyed a nice campfire with some wood we picked up from alders that had been damaged from the snow. So far, not much for black flies or mosquitoes – a pleasant surprise!

Our next morning saw us on the road before 9:30 and headed for yet another regional BC park. Weather has been nice still – lots of periods of sun, but today we’re seeing a bit of rain as we travel. We’ve seen our first black bear at the side of the road along the edge of the bush. We had another nice campsite tonight along the Tetsa River. This time we were high above the river, but able to have another nice campfire after the rain.

Next, we’re off to the hot springs!