Thursday, Sept. 28
7:03am. Prince George, BC. The Toyota dealership in Abbotsford forgot to reset the Oil Change light after they serviced my truck. Arg. Today I go past 4000 miles on the trip. Ended up choosing Cassiar Highway, the more scenic route. Bears here I come.
BC rest area. More like Picnic Site Of The Year. I hope people living here are aware of the beauty that surrounds them. I mean, it's ridiculous!
More BC.
This was another beautiful, quaint BC town. Everything looked Swiss. Behind those mountains there's a ski resort.
Some people have it all. Like the owner of this house.
More BC.
Not as lush a rest area as the previous one, but still engaging.
The Cassiar Highway begins here.
4:38pm. My first bear sighting! A small (300lb) one, strolling on the right shoulder.
5:44pm. First wooden bridge.
6:29pm. Saw a large black wolf standing under a tree in the rain. He was big. Very big.
6:35pm. Second wooden bridge.
8:10pm. Bell II lodge for supper. Met Elena, a cute, black hair, nosering German waitress. She's visited Barcelona 4 times this past year, but thinks Catalans are strange people. I guess she's right.
The lodge specializes in heli-skiing. A helicopter takes you to the top of a mountain, drops you off, and you ski down pristine powder to a rendezvous point. And you do it all again. Well, at least until sundown. Very cool, and very expensive: $600-$900 for one day.
11:22pm. Iskut - Red Goat Lodge. Truck-camping again, as per usual. This time I chose a creepy campground next to a huge lake. The waves are 15 ft from my Tacoma and the wind is howling bitterly. Quite chilly, too. Population of Iskut: 283.
Oh man. The wind is rocking my truck like a crib.
14 comments:
once again, amazing photos. you should contact someone important and see if you can make one of those books that they sell in barnes and noble with pictures of beautiful places.
thanks ross! i don't credit myself at all. it's just the scenery, you know? anyone with a camera could have done the same. but i saw so much beauty on my way up here, i could have filled an entire book if i really knew how to take pictures.
nice photos.
i was first going to say that it's too bad you didn't get to drive through BC during the summer when everything is green. but then i saw how the trees do that amazing thing where each line of trees has a different colour, like in the last photo--that's pretty breath-taking.
i think you did pretty well with the pictures. they really do look very nice. i need to visit bc again sometime and do lots of driving around!`
Yes. Those are crazy cool pictures.
Gabe! Can I have your e-mail address? I needs it. You can post it on my blog or e-mail it to me at arbutus1440@yahoo.com
Gabriel, I find it unacceptable that with such an exciting life and exciting city you live in, that you do not update your blog on a daily basis. It is of extreme importance to your academic progress. Please come see me at my office immediately and explain your absence of postage.
Ismael Florit
ismael.florit@dordt.edu
Mmmeh they're alright.....
just kidding just kidding I just said that to piss off everyone who thinks bc people don't love it, now all of you move over here,
ps it has rained 35cm in the past few days.
so get a boat
AND THEN MOVE OVER HERE!
incredible pics, thanks gabe!
can you ski like
this out there?...
that's.... i don't know, one of the most extreme things i've ever seen.
that's just insane. i guess some people go to great lengths to get their powder fix.
that video was completely nuts!
hahaha check the comment discussion-gotta love it
gorgeous.
i want to go to alaska.
i'll settle for bc.
hey, are you EVER going to post again? it's been sept. 28 for 2 1/2 weeks....
Sara, I back you up completely. Get posting boyo...
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