6. British Columbia
My total lifetime journeys to British Columbia are two in number. Neither of those trips took my anywhere near Vancouver. As I have two different households of good friends there, that is a likely travel target for the future.
The more recent and bettered remembered of those trips was a scant twelve years ago when I helped my sister drive from Anchorage to Cleveland. This involved entering British Columbia at the northern end from (spoilers) the Yukon Territory and driving all the way south to Fort Nelson, where according to my sister's notes we stayed the night. That's about 600 miles in one day, with most of it being in British Columbia. On the plus side, it would be hard to get lost; the Google Maps directions have exactly one step between "leave" and "arrive." It's also incredibly scenic. The Alcan goes along the edge of the Rocky Mountains, often on a narrow two lane road stuck in the only space between mountains on one side and water on the other. We saw a lot of wildlife and generally enjoyed the trip. Of course, that might not have been true if the weather had been bad, but we had beautiful clear days most of the time. After our night in Fort Nelson we headed east crossed into (more spoilers) Alberta.
My original post about that road trip says that this trip added British Columbia to my province list, but that's not actually correct. When I was in elementary school, my family took a road trip to the Canadian Glacier National Park, which is much farther south than Fort Nelson. I was pretty young on this trip; I don't recall how old I was exactly but I was definitely in elementary school. We had an old popup camper that was a hand-me-down from my paternal grandfather, and we went on a long drive west from North Dakota. I don't believe we went anywhere else in British Columbia besides Glacier. You'll be unsurprised to learn that this trip will feature prominently in the write ups of both Alberta and Saskatchewan.
I was too young to have very clear memories of the trip, but I'm pretty sure we walked on an actual glacier. Based on some reading, it was probably Illecillewaet Glacier, but I can't vouch for that.
My parents and sister went along the western coast of British Columbia when they took a cruise from Alaska to (I think) Vancouver. That is one cruise idea that strongly appeals to me, and would conveniently let me end up in Vancouver to boot. There are also a lot of pretty looking National Parks in British Columbia that would merit a visit.
Introduction
1. Ontario
2. Quebec - Never Visited!
3. Nova Scotia
4. New Brunswick
5. Manitoba
6. British Columbia
The more recent and bettered remembered of those trips was a scant twelve years ago when I helped my sister drive from Anchorage to Cleveland. This involved entering British Columbia at the northern end from (spoilers) the Yukon Territory and driving all the way south to Fort Nelson, where according to my sister's notes we stayed the night. That's about 600 miles in one day, with most of it being in British Columbia. On the plus side, it would be hard to get lost; the Google Maps directions have exactly one step between "leave" and "arrive." It's also incredibly scenic. The Alcan goes along the edge of the Rocky Mountains, often on a narrow two lane road stuck in the only space between mountains on one side and water on the other. We saw a lot of wildlife and generally enjoyed the trip. Of course, that might not have been true if the weather had been bad, but we had beautiful clear days most of the time. After our night in Fort Nelson we headed east crossed into (more spoilers) Alberta.
My original post about that road trip says that this trip added British Columbia to my province list, but that's not actually correct. When I was in elementary school, my family took a road trip to the Canadian Glacier National Park, which is much farther south than Fort Nelson. I was pretty young on this trip; I don't recall how old I was exactly but I was definitely in elementary school. We had an old popup camper that was a hand-me-down from my paternal grandfather, and we went on a long drive west from North Dakota. I don't believe we went anywhere else in British Columbia besides Glacier. You'll be unsurprised to learn that this trip will feature prominently in the write ups of both Alberta and Saskatchewan.
I was too young to have very clear memories of the trip, but I'm pretty sure we walked on an actual glacier. Based on some reading, it was probably Illecillewaet Glacier, but I can't vouch for that.
My parents and sister went along the western coast of British Columbia when they took a cruise from Alaska to (I think) Vancouver. That is one cruise idea that strongly appeals to me, and would conveniently let me end up in Vancouver to boot. There are also a lot of pretty looking National Parks in British Columbia that would merit a visit.
Introduction
1. Ontario
2. Quebec - Never Visited!
3. Nova Scotia
4. New Brunswick
5. Manitoba
6. British Columbia