Prince Rupert and the West Coast again…

Wow. 3500 km, 1 new water pump, 3 weeks and too many cups of coffee later, we are back home in beautiful but rainy Vancouver. The van smells aweful and the pile of laundry is huge but we are happy as clams. We left Terrace, BC, early on Friday morning to drive the 1.5...

Smithers, BC – School Tour day 11 – 12.

Onwards goes the red van around British Columbia. We arrived in Smithers, BC yesterday after a long drive from Canmore, Alberta. Smithers, BC is home to about 6000 people and is a regional service center for the entire Bulkley Valley. The town is set against the...

School Tour – Day 4 – Calgary

Wow, what a change. We went from the relatively small towns of the Kootenay’s to metropolitan Calgary in a short three hours. Luckily a good friend from Uvic, Julia Kwinter, generously took us into her flashy downtown apartment. We got refueled with some good...

School Tour – Day 3 – Fernie!

Surrounded by the evening light playing on the majestic mountain peaks around the mountain town of Fernie, BC, we sat with friends and watched an incredible hockey game. Wow! It was early to bed though, because we had a jam packed agenda for the following morning. We...

Day 2 – Onwards to Nelson, BC.

After a small delay to get a new water pump for the Big Red Van, we headed south-wast past Big White Ski Resort towards the Nelson, BC. Situated on picturesque Kootenay Lake on South-East BC, Nelson is famous for being a very sustainable and environmentally aware...