Game over?

We were supposed to be somewhere warm right now.

Instead. Limbo. Homeless in Saanish as we await news about my Permanent Residence card.

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Fri Sep 20 2019 04:02:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 49.2624748
Longitude: -123.1460508
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Wed Sep 18 2019 05:16:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 50.1139234
Longitude: -122.9554957
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Too cold

When 'Canada's Hot Spot' is too cold, it's time to admit defeat. We're done camping.

Went through Lillooet today. Why is it 20 but feels like below 10?

Pockets of 'heat'

Chasing pockets of heat. Folly.

We escaped the wet of the Cariboo plateau, but not quite yet the cold.

Camping next to yet another Provincial park that hugs a noisy highway, Marble Canyon. Last night thermometer read 20, but it lies. After altitude, cloud cover stealing the sun, wind chill and canyon shadows are added in, it feels colder than a wet coastal 16. This morning, cloudy and windy, but it's the best we'll get.

After this, back into the wet towards Vancouver.

No clear purpose in the interior

We're struggling to find a new groove that works for us in this part of the interior, this time of the year.

The day's are getting shorter, cooler and wetter. Things to do and see are getting further apart. The recreation sites, and campgrounds in general here attract a different kind of human being. Our cadence doesn't quite work anymore.

We were aiming for Ghost Lake, but when we got there, the rec site had been taken over by a gun touting, booze drinking, camouflaged atv driving kind of Canadian that seems to rule this part of BC. We're seeing too much of its kind for our liking of late.

Our attempt to get away from the hustle of the highways has not quite worked the way we had hoped.

Wells was a surprisingly nice town with art, theatre and good food. Barkerville was not quite as 'Disney' as we feared, but we gave the actors in period costume a skip and sneaked in after hours regardless. There was some hiking to be had, but weather and time was against us, and we instead spent the day driving. The charming little strolls in the woods we have become accustomed to, do not exist here.

Cariboo. Boo.

Our original plans are being thrown into disarray by 'Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada'. I may not be able to leave Canada. We were planning on heading somewhere warm and dry come September/October. Our adventure may soon be at an end.

Clear skies

What we've been awaiting for days. Rain gone, clear skies, fullish moon. It also happens to be -2.  Brrrr....🥶

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Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Mon Sep 16 2019 01:58:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 51.397418
Longitude: -121.2588039
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Highway 16

We've been spoiled.

For a long time, we've been hopping from one quant little town to another. On the way, we've been staying at a variety of idyllic 'rec sites' and Provincial Parks. I can't even remember a rec site that wasn't somewhere stunning. No more.

Things started changing once we hit Prince Rupert. You start feeling the rat race. The long arm of Vancouver as it stretches North then East along the highways. The highway is busy. Not city busy. It's all relative. But suddenly we have to contend with a constant stream of freight trucks. The Provincial camp sites often hug the highway with unpleasant noisy proximity.

Terrace was a great surprise. Smithers also. Nice towns, nice surroundings, nice people. Lots to do and see. Then things start going South. I'm not going to name any names here.... you know who you are, you pointless ugly little towns that exist only to slow down highway traffic!

Some gems. Vanderhoof aquatic centre, sweet. Burns Lake mountain biking, I'll be back! The rest. No thanks.

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Wed Sep 11 2019 16:22:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 53.7540834
Longitude: -122.5073091
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Mon Sep 09 2019 02:26:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 53.9134953
Longitude: -122.7503543
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Sun Sep 08 2019 04:54:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 54.241365
Longitude: -125.6987478
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Northern limit

We've hit our Northern limit.

Northern B.C.; 'The North'; seems very remote when you're in Victoria. The reality of being here feels quite different.

Nothing has really felt remote thus far. Always close to fast internet, laundromat services and shops that sell humus and quinoa.

Looking at the map confirms the sense that we're nowhere close to remote. Highways everywhere. We're only halfway up B.C; there's an entire territory above us.

We're moving much faster than usual now that we're in a fast lane. We want to get some warmer weather down South while it's available.

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Fri Sep 06 2019 01:41:48 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 54.7846667
Longitude: -127.1499579
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Thu Sep 05 2019 06:09:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 55.1975584
Longitude: -127.6858325
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Wed Sep 04 2019 04:58:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 54.5979809
Longitude: -128.3842492
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Lava

We've been in the Nisga Memorial Lava Bed Park for a few days now.

It's a very striking landscape. The lava flows and ash beds from the late 1700's make for some welcome diversity and beautiful scenery.

The history here is  another repeat of what we've found all over B.C. Large stable settlements ravaged by disease, and a few helpings of oppression and cultural genocide. 30000 people, whittled down to 700 disease survivors who are then oppressed and their families torn asunder. The volcanic eruption that killed 2000 people here is a comparatively tame disaater in comparison with the arrival of Europeans. Not a history to be proud of.

The leaves are falling at an ever increasing rate. It's warmer than Haida Gwaii, but winter is coming.

Our visit here has been very nice, except for the generators and the music....