Day 10: Beautiful British Columbia Part 1

From: Vancouver, BC
To: Prince George, BC

We got going around 10am after another good breakfast. We fueled up and filled the extra gas can, ready for anything. It took us a solid hour to get through and out of Vancouver. More than once did we somehow find ourselves no longer on the main route we needed, and we then had to re-find it. Again, Canadian signage could use some American pizzaz, we think.

After the city, Heather took over driving along the Sea to Sky Highway. And from our pictures we now understand why it is titled so. This road winds with the mountains that shoot right down into the ocean. Every picture was beautiful, as mountains in the distance seemed to serve as connectors between sea and sky. Many of the mountaintops were not visible, because they jutted up right into the low-hanging clouds.

This route was the slower of the two routes north; however, we’re convinced it is superbly more gorgeous. At times we were slowed to 20 kilometers/hour (feels like walking speed) just to make the hairpin turns, but scaling the mountains and seeing the incredible sights, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, mountains, mountains and did I mention mountains, was worth the extra time. Eventually, our scenic road joined with the main road to the north. This main road was also very pretty as it took us past rolling hills and Canadian countryside.

The temperature has continued to be perfect. Driving north during the day was mid 50s and at night mid to low 40s. This was the first day we’ve gotten to see snow capped mountains. We even saw a glacier beautifully capping one mountain but our picture of it is not that great.

At night we ran into a little drizzling rain and fog. Nathan sped through the night following two other fast moving cars as they lit the path ahead of us. We stopped for the night at the Travel Lodge in our destination, Prince George. We got a little worried searching for a hotel. The Travel Lodge seemed to be the only place left that accepted pets and had open vacancies. The next day would be on to Dawson Creek, BC.