Category: British Columbia
-
Beautiful British Columbia – The Best Place on Earth
Read more: Beautiful British Columbia – The Best Place on EarthIn B.C. they have recently changed the licence plate motto and other provincial propaganda from “Beautiful British Columbia” to “British Columbia – The Best Place on Earth”. We certainly agree it’s beautiful, but we struggle a bit more with “The Best Place on Earth”. Did that come from one of those “best place to live”…
-
Bear highway
Read more: Bear highwayWe have dubbed the section of highway from Prince George to McBride “bear highway” as each day we saw at least one bear as we rode. Fortunately, none of them jumped out on the road too close to us – although, at one point a small black bear jumped out and ran cross the road…
-
Quintessentially Canadian
Read more: Quintessentially CanadianAs we explored Prince George over the past two days, we decided that we this was a stereotypical Canadian experience. The people we met, the things we did, and everything we learned about the Prince George area reminded us of what it was to be Canadian. Our welcoming committee, waiting at the end of a…
-
Northern B.C. attractions: Giant fishing rods and moose
Read more: Northern B.C. attractions: Giant fishing rods and mooseHouston is home to the “World’s Largest Fly Fishing Rod” although, Becky thinks the large fishing rod just outside of Terrace on the Kitimat/Terrace highway is more impressive. It is just in someone’s front yard, and not quite as elaborate as the one in Houston. We don’t have a picture of the Terrace one yet,…
-
Rivers and Hills
Read more: Rivers and HillsOn the route from Terrace to Kitwanga (the intersection of the Cassier Highway to the Yukon and the Yellowhead), we crossed paths with our first group of loaded cycling tourists on this leg of our journey. We pulled over and had a brief chat with the group – three girls who had ridden from Inuvik…
-
Reunions
Read more: ReunionsOur journey brought us to Kitimat so that we could visit Becky’s parents, and so that we could attend Becky’s twentieth high school reunion. Becky finds it hard to believe that it has been 20 years since she left Kitimat. It seems like yesterday and yet so much has happened since then. Much of our…
-
Riding Home
Read more: Riding HomeThe morning dawned grey and cloudy, but fortunately there was little rain – only an occasional misting. It did mean our view lacked mountains with their snow capped peaks; however, the mists still made the views quite picturesque. The ride from Prince Rupert to Terrace was to be our longest single day so far on…
-
You know you are on the wet coast of BC when …
Read more: You know you are on the wet coast of BC when …… you ask where the “toilet” is and the reply is “oh, you mean the washroom?” … you are looking for a receptacle to charge the laptop and someone says “are you looking for a plugin?” … restaurants advertise a “smorgasbord” rather than a “buffet” … you understand the announcements on the ferry, and they…