Well, I am now in Calgary, after a wonderful camping with my two kids in the Banff region and a month with family. I got up with my daughter at 4:45am to see her off via taxi to the airport. Sorry to see the kids go, but ready for my next major adventure.
After leaving Calgary, I made my way to Edmonton and took care of some last minute details to prepare for the trip. I
I drove towards Grand Prairie … Edmonton traffic was really bad as I had forgotten it was the long weekend. I drove to Whitecourt and booked a campsite at Lion’s Campground for $23.00.
Ah! Now I am ready to start the new childhood dream adventure … to see the north strong and free.
Not a good night sleep … campground is right beside main road and heard traffic all night long.
Packed and drove to end road into information place where they had old buildings on display … took some pics.
I decided to check out Hard Luck Canyon where the guy at the campsite stated a meteorite had fallen.What he didn’t say was that it was at approximately 900AD and there was nothing to see at the site.Checked out the canyon and this was not all that pretty of a site either.I would not recommend wasting your time to visit this site or town.
I drove through to Grand Prairie and got gas.
Once I crossed into BC near Dawson Creek, I took route 52 to Tumbler Ridge.Silly me, I did not stop in Dawson Creek … I talked myself in visiting it later … it would have been best to see it now.
Added note:I am so glad I didn’t stop.I did the loop from Tumbler Ridge, Chetwynd, Hudson’s Hope, Fort St. John and then back to Dawson Creek.It was certainly a worthwhile drive.
I took the Route 52 and not 52E as this was all paved and drove into Tumbler Ridge.I stopped at the Information place.The lady was very helpful and gave me some great advice of places to see in the area … Cindy was right, there is a lot to do here.The Information lady indicated most of the campsites were probably filled because of Canada Day, but she called the Lion’s Campground.It was 20.00 a night here and they had a site available! Nice place and fairly quiet.The campground was near a river.
The gentleman running the campground was very nice.He invited me to attend the Lion’s BBQ tomorrow and that the hotdogs and hamburgers were free on July 1st … such a nice man.
Background about Tumbler Ridge:
It is the newest community being established in British Columbia with a present population of approximately 2500.It is the home to the Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark because of the discovery of the dinosaur tracks [more detail about this during my hike].