Sunday, 14 July 2019

A bear a day

The Great Bear Forest has not disappointed. We've spotted two bears.

We saw what we think was a brown bear yesterday, driving up into the mountains towards the glaciers. It probably wasn't expecting people. The road was technically closed due to a washed out bridge, but I know what all the offroad buttons on the Subaru does, so I just drove through the river.

The other bear, which we're sure was a black bear, we saw under a fruit tree on our way to Lost Lake, right outside Hagensborg.

Hagensborg is a pretty damn nice 'town'. It's the first small Canadian town I've been in that feels authentic. Authentic is maybe the wrong word. Most 'nice' places in Canada feel plastic and fake. Hagensborg feels real, not plastic, and it's nice.

Thursday, 11 July 2019

Picnic on the Bella Coola river

And what a surprise that food prices are cheapest we've seen in Canada in years.... 


Rest day

Boys playing at Rip Rap campsite — Bella Coola.  A bit of breathing room after some hectic ferry chasing. 


Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Thu Jul 11 2019 02:41:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 52.3931161
Longitude: -126.5567191
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/

Finally! The ferry.

We've been working towards catching this ferry for what feels like a month, but has only been a bit over a week.

Driving up to Port Hardy with a baby was no easy feat! Up at 4:30am this morning to load kids in the car and fold in the tent. We're exhausted, and looking forward to some relaxing.

Cars on boats. Genius. The only way to travel. Looking at whales, dolphins and mystery sea creatures (Kraken?) while getting kids to sleep. 

Rainforest here we come! Bears, please don't eat us!
 

Rain

It looks like we have an interesting week ahead. Unfortunately my new half boot crocs (ordered online, picked up in Port Hardy) don't fit😔. Great day to spend on the ferry to Bella Coola!
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Monday, 8 July 2019

Last reported position

The last reported position of our intrepid adventurers, on Tue Jul 09 2019 02:39:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) was:
Latitude: 50.6989912
Longitude: -127.4790426
British Columbia, Canada
Full route map: https://whereami-167313.appspot.com/