Category: BC Summer 2025

And another trip finshed!

Our trip back across Canada followed our route to B.C. Fall is here and cooler temperatures are the normal now. We also experienced more rain on the way home than we did during all our time in B.C. The days are getting shorter – no more sunsets after 9 pm.

We spent 2 nights in Winnipeg again. This time, however, we stayed at a farm about 20 min. from my friend’s home. We decided we weren’t going to risk his narrow lane way. We made a trip into Steinbach for some fuel and supplies. I figured it would be our last grocery trip until home.

Once we got into Northern Ontario, we had to stay at a different campground for our first campground since Aaron Provincial Park has closed for the season. Our private park at Wabigoon Lake RV Park was easy to get to and we had a pull through site, but it was right beside the Trans Canada Highway and very noisy with vehicle traffic. Ok for a night but nothing more.

View of Wabigoon Lake from our campground

We spent another night at Cedar Grove Boondockers at Hurkett. This time we didn’t have rain while we were there, but our hosts were travelling so we didn’t have a chance to visit! it was kind of them to allow us to stay anyways.

Once we got south of Wawa and into Lake Superior Provincial Park, we started to see some nice colours in the hills: definitely not at peak yet.

We spent the night at a different campground in Lake Superior Provincial Park, Agawa Bay. We had a nice evening ending with a lovely sunset.

Our last two days were in and out of rain. As much as we enjoyed our B.C. time, we wish it wasn’t such a long trip to get there and back! Pulling a trailer also costs a lot! Fuel costs were about $3100 CND to travel about 12,000 km of which 3,700 were without towing the trailer.

We had a very good trip – overall great weather, especially when it counted. We had some good visits with friends and family along the way. Our travels were relatively incident-free. The two issues we did have (broken window, trailer brake) didn’t cause us any major delays or require re-routing. We’re thankful for safety while travelling but are glad to be back home.

Heading back across Canada for home

Monday we woke early so we could catch a ferry across Kootenay Lake at a specific time. We knew our travel that day would be slow and we aimed for the 9:50 ferry. We made it without difficulty so we didn’t have to wait until the next one which would have been over an hour later.

On the Osprey 2000 ferry crossing Kootenay Lake from Balfour to Crawford Bay, BC
We had a cold and cloudy start to the day.

The crossing was just over 30 minutes and then we had lots of narrow, twisty and turning roads requiring slower driving. The low clouds stayed with us much of the day, along with cool temperatures. It didn’t get much warmer than 15 degrees C.

Low clouds just east of Fernie, BC

As we arrived at our campground for the night in Sparwood, we had a bit of drizzle. However, our campsite was large and we were able to stay hooked up, so there was minimal set up.

Mountain Shadows Campground. Site 9

We were back at the same campground we stayed at 2 months ago when we arrived in B.C. Many of our campgrounds will be the same as our trip out across Canada.

Tuesday morning we woke to sunshine and promises of warmer temperatures. We also had less than 200 km to drive since we were stopping in Lethbridge for the night to meet some friends for supper. The road was much better and the drive went quickly. We made a stop for fuel and groceries before we arrived at the casino where we are staying in the parking lot for the night. We enjoyed our visit with friends and will head out tomorrow for Saskatchewan.