Telling karrie where to go....
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Yeah, I should have known better Karrie, a discerning person like yourself would distinguish the "the wheat from the chaff" pretty quick.
It's quite odd that people from germany would be dissapointed with B.C., as when
you travel the province, so so many germans have settled in this province, and
built up businesses, and they come by the thousands each year, rent RVs and
travel this province. Would like to know what they 'didn't' like.
Both of the 'Home' restaurants, (merritt/hope) have great food, owned by the
same people, do the same menus. I like the merritt one a little better, only
because it isn't quite so crowded at meal times. Great breakfasts, good soup,
good everything.(and, I have to admit that I'm going back in time, so just
assuming it is the same, can't see why anyone would change something so
good)
Go 6 blocks up Main and turn left at the Shell station and it's the third one in from the corner.
Most of B.C. is pretty spectacular, one of my favourite areas is Hwy. 97 north of Prince George to the Pine Pass and another area is Babine Lake (turn north off Hwy. 16 at Topley, about 30 miles west of Burns Lake and it's about 25 miles into Babine.) All that is probably off your route Karrie, but keep it in mind for next time. Nothing beats northern B.C.
We did a trip many years ago, went up to Babine Lake, stayed overnight,
and while on the 16 , we kept driving back to that little restaurant, in topley,
near the turn-off to the lake, like someones big kitchen, and great food.
I loved that drive from Prince George to Prince Rupert, we stayed in many
different areas, golfed in Smithers, right along the Bulkley River. Visited old
Hazelton, (quite an experience), watched the first nations fishing in the wild
water, throwing their little nets, quite dangerous at times.
I could live in that area near Prince George, but would hate the weather, that
would finish it for me, I like our moderate climate.
We also took the boat from prince rupert to Port hardy, and will do the same
this fall, only we will be coming from Halifax by train all the way to Prince
Rupert, then walk on the boat, can't wait.
Karrie, the little town of Ashcroft is kind of neat to visit, and have lunch and
a walk, it feels like a town from a hundred years ago. I used to stay there when
I was a kid, as my sister married a guy there, and stayed, (ended up being a huge
mistake), but not for me, I was a kid, and loved the horseback riding, and the
personality, as I loved the old west movies, (still do), and it was like that.
lots of history there.
Yep, talloola, did most of that. It was 1979 when we took the ferry out of Port Hardy to Prince Rupert. We camped one night at the Indian campground at the confluence of the Bulkley and the Skeena at Old Hazelton (gotta love that Hagwillet Bridge) I think it was the highest wooden span in North America. We visited Kispiox where all the totem poles are. Best time to travel that country is in Sept. when the leaves are turning. We went down to Kitimat and we were going to take the kids through Alcan but It was July 1 holiday and it was closed- quite disappointing. Yep, Ashcroft is kind of a nice little town, but probably a little TOO dry for most Vancouver Islanders.
I could type a couple of pages on the Chilcotin too, but that's for another time. If you get the chance go there.
Penticton has a wonderful "creek" that everyone seems to go to (plus it's got two beautiful lakes). Take large tubes to slowly drift down the water there. Sorry I don't know what it is called as it was not there when I lived there. If you go through Penticton, your kids will beg you to stop. People of every age are in that canel and lovin' it. As far as I know, unless they built a new one in the past 7 years, Flintstone Land in Kelowna burned down.
The Home Cafe in Hope (started in Hope) is a great place to eat for everyone. Great homemade fries and homemade desserts - go early and do not order the Mushroom burger. It's massive - wayyy too much to think about eating. Just have a chuckle as you watch some amazed person who has ordered it. Vernon has a wonderful water slide and if you are there for dinner and you like Chinese Food - ask for directions to the Golden Crown. You will not get better chinese food anywhere. (It's just barely off the main route through town on the way out to Kelowna)
The Home Cafe in Hope (started in Hope) is a great place to eat for everyone. Great homemade fries and homemade desserts - go early and do not order the Mushroom burger. It's massive - wayyy too much to think about eating. Just have a chuckle as you watch some amazed person who has ordered it. Vernon has a wonderful water slide and if you are there for dinner and you like Chinese Food - ask for directions to the Golden Crown. You will not get better chinese food anywhere. (It's just barely off the main route through town on the way out to Kelowna)
I've been doing a lot of thinking about the old Home Cafe today, after not giving it much thought for the past 25 years and now pies are starting to come to mind and yes the fries were another major attraction. I remember the main waitresses name was Cathy- wonder if she's still there. Definitely the best morning restaurant in Hope at the time, of course it was a lot more accessible to the truckers on the Hope = Princeton at that time.
Pink Mountain. Alaska Highway 101 (or close) follow the turnout that crosses a river that starts with the letter "P", once at the top of the far bank you should come to a cliff that is way tall. I prefer the photo from the far side myself. Even putting some hearty woodsmen on the very brink of the cliff will have then more than a little nervous should some D-7 blade crash to the ground just some meters away. lol Still wearing that same grin at suppertime. dbllol
Fort Nelson has a 13ft tall polar bear, north of there the mosquitoes will pack you away to feed you to the big ones, however if dual engine Detroit-Diesel V-12 Hovercrafts capable of carrying quite a bit more than one 3/4 ton 4x4, the crew will transport you if you want to get some beer. Probably about $34,000/run (machine cost included). Directions available at any bar.
karrie,
Take a hike... in the Kootenays. Spectacular scenery and hundreds of miles of trails, lots of hot springs in the wild and lakes to fish up the yin yang. As towns go, Nelson rates up there with the best and if you like art, it is one of Canada's top art communities.
Take a hike... in the Kootenays. Spectacular scenery and hundreds of miles of trails, lots of hot springs in the wild and lakes to fish up the yin yang. As towns go, Nelson rates up there with the best and if you like art, it is one of Canada's top art communities.
What!? You have a problem with facial hair? 8O
The Kootenays are famous for being the last stronghold of the red hot hippies.;-)
Karrie, you can hardly go wrong traveling anywhere in BC. I can't give you restaurant names or entertainment venues or good places to take the kids, but I've traveled extensively in BC for both personal and professional reasons, and for a serious amateur photographer and a lover of beautiful landscapes like me, the whole place is fabulous, all of it that I've seen is first class postcard country. People who've seen my photos of BC often comment that you'd never know there were any people there from the shots I took. Eh, people and buildings in this country all look pretty much the same, fabulous landscapes do not.
I took a trail ride once, in BC just west of Jasper, an hour's ride up into the mountains, and found myself looking down on great glacier-carved valleys with light mist forming rainbows in them, looking up at great jagged snow-covered peaks... Do something like that if you can, you and your kids will remember it forever.
I took a trail ride once, in BC just west of Jasper, an hour's ride up into the mountains, and found myself looking down on great glacier-carved valleys with light mist forming rainbows in them, looking up at great jagged snow-covered peaks... Do something like that if you can, you and your kids will remember it forever.
I'll think of you when I get off the train in Jasper in October and spend two
days, before boarding the next train for Prince Rupert, then home on the boat.
We're travelling from halifax to rupert by train, will be wonderful.