Road Trip 2009- Part 1

Dan and I, along with my mother, just finished up a 10 day road trip through our lovely province of BC. Our goal was to attend a wedding in Smithers, but why rush the trip? Isn't life about the journey, not the destination? Hence, the 10 days we spent meandering through BC. Here is a brief pictoral journey through the crazy things that we did and saw.


Our trip started with a brief and HOT visit to Hell's Gate canyon.

We continued on, and after a night spent in Prince George, we moved on to Telkwa, a small village just outside of Smithers. Here, we spent 3 nights at the Two Rivers Lodge, which backed onto the Bulkley River.

We toured a bit of Smithers, and visited Twin Falls. Fortunately we took a wrong turn and ended up clambering over rocks to find the falls. It turns out the view was way more impressive than the main trail and viewing platform. Just a lucky break!


Our main reason for heading up on this road trip: the wedding of Matt and Rachel! It was beautiful and totally reflected their personalities. Congrats you two!

This is in Moricetown. We saw the Aboriginal people deep net fishing. Amanda took this photo while hanging off a cliff. This man is tethered to the cliff. As the Aboriginal Tribal Ranger said, it was for "easy body retrieval". He was joking of course, but it made for a funny story. Little did we know, that less than a week later, we would get to try some deep net fishing while on our jet boat tour in Williams Lake.
After the wedding we headed out to Prince Rupert for the day. Yep, we drove 4 hours one way just to say we'd been there (it was mom's idea!). We ended up stopping along the way at the Hazeltons and went over the highest suspension bridge in North America. You can see it wedged between mom and Amanda in this picture.

At the tourist info center, we found this incredible Filipino cook. She made the most delicious pork kabobs and spring rolls we have ever tasted. They were hand made and melt-in-your-mouth good. We only wished we lived a bit closer!

Here we are in Prince Rupert. At some random roadside attraction. (okay, Dan says it was a memorial to lost seaman). This trip was full of roadside attractions though. We saw the world's largest skis, fishing rod, gold pan and many other attractions, even if they weren't the largest.


Another roadside attraction just outside of Prince Rupert. This is the shoe tree. It is where the townspeople and visitors alike have left their shoes on the tree and surrounding area. No one is exactly sure why or how it started, but the sign on the tree does say, "This is a place for Lost Souls."

No caption is really necessary for this one. This was taken in Houston (home of the world's largest fly rod).