THE HOME STRETCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, this is it, the last day on the road. I am both excited and sort of sad. So much planning had gone into this trip and it just seems that its all going by so fast!
But with all the pics that we took over the last few days we’ll have tons of memories for a lifetime and stories to tell till we’re in the grave!
Leaving Calgary was hard. We were both really tired and getting sick of being in the car. Knowing that this was the last 10 hrs made it easier, but our eyes were on the prize – VNACOUVER, BC!
We passed the ski park for the 1998 Olympics and took some cool shots of the venue. And then they started to appear; in the distance you could just start to make them out … the stunning, amazing, and imposing Canadian Rockies.
It didn’t take long for them to be right in front of us, and before we knew it we were right in them. And I couldn’t stop looking out the window. They were just breathtaking. Too bad Phil was driving and didn’t get to really appreciate them , so I took lots and lots of pics!
We came into Banff Provincial Park around 11:30 and stopped at West Lake Louise for a pit stop and some photo ops.
We crossed over into BC around noon and stopped again in Field to stretch our legs. This day was proving to be a hard one. It was only a few hours on the road and we were already getting itchy to be home!
But we got another surprise just outside of Kicking Horse Pass, BC. As we cam up and crested a sharp corner on the trans Canada we notice a lot of cars pulled off to either side of the road. My firs thought was car accident and how long we would have to be stuck there, but as we got closer we saw what was causing the commotion … a heard of wild mountain sheep were plopped at the side of the road taking in the rays! A sight to be seen for sure! Phil pulled us over, ran across the highway and snapped some great pics of the adventurous guys.
We got into Revelstoke, BC about 1:30pm Pacific Time (scored us another hour just outside of Golden BC!!) and it was my turn to take over the wheel.
I got us to Merritt at about 4:50pm and since I had had enough of driving into the sunsets, Phil agreed to get us into Vancouver. Plus he knew where he was going – lol!
We decided to take The Coquihalla Highway and thought it was a toll route it was totally worth it! The scenery was unreal and the elevation (4,068 feet/1240 m) made your ears pop all over the place. The scary part was seeing all the runaway lanes and avalanche guns. But that’s the BC interior for ya!
And so after 5 days, 5 provinces and a mere 4565 km, we were in Vancouver!
It was surreal to be honest. It had felt like a great trip but it only hit me that I was MOVING here, and not just visiting, when we got to the airport to drop off the car. I was scared and excited and very tired!
We got all my stuff out of our fabulous Ford Focus that got us here in one piece and into Phil’s fancy Camry around 8:10pm and we were sitting on the couch, car unpacked and put to bed around 9:00pm.
So we made it here – Safe and sound and we had a blast!!!!!! I truly think that if you ever have the chance to drive across this crazy huge country of ours, you MUST!
Now, with all of that behind us, its time for me to start my new life on the West Coast!
Click here for pics from Day #5!
Well, this is it, the last day on the road. I am both excited and sort of sad. So much planning had gone into this trip and it just seems that its all going by so fast!
But with all the pics that we took over the last few days we’ll have tons of memories for a lifetime and stories to tell till we’re in the grave!
Leaving Calgary was hard. We were both really tired and getting sick of being in the car. Knowing that this was the last 10 hrs made it easier, but our eyes were on the prize – VNACOUVER, BC!
We passed the ski park for the 1998 Olympics and took some cool shots of the venue. And then they started to appear; in the distance you could just start to make them out … the stunning, amazing, and imposing Canadian Rockies.
It didn’t take long for them to be right in front of us, and before we knew it we were right in them. And I couldn’t stop looking out the window. They were just breathtaking. Too bad Phil was driving and didn’t get to really appreciate them , so I took lots and lots of pics!
We came into Banff Provincial Park around 11:30 and stopped at West Lake Louise for a pit stop and some photo ops.
We crossed over into BC around noon and stopped again in Field to stretch our legs. This day was proving to be a hard one. It was only a few hours on the road and we were already getting itchy to be home!
But we got another surprise just outside of Kicking Horse Pass, BC. As we cam up and crested a sharp corner on the trans Canada we notice a lot of cars pulled off to either side of the road. My firs thought was car accident and how long we would have to be stuck there, but as we got closer we saw what was causing the commotion … a heard of wild mountain sheep were plopped at the side of the road taking in the rays! A sight to be seen for sure! Phil pulled us over, ran across the highway and snapped some great pics of the adventurous guys.
We got into Revelstoke, BC about 1:30pm Pacific Time (scored us another hour just outside of Golden BC!!) and it was my turn to take over the wheel.
I got us to Merritt at about 4:50pm and since I had had enough of driving into the sunsets, Phil agreed to get us into Vancouver. Plus he knew where he was going – lol!
We decided to take The Coquihalla Highway and thought it was a toll route it was totally worth it! The scenery was unreal and the elevation (4,068 feet/1240 m) made your ears pop all over the place. The scary part was seeing all the runaway lanes and avalanche guns. But that’s the BC interior for ya!
And so after 5 days, 5 provinces and a mere 4565 km, we were in Vancouver!
It was surreal to be honest. It had felt like a great trip but it only hit me that I was MOVING here, and not just visiting, when we got to the airport to drop off the car. I was scared and excited and very tired!
We got all my stuff out of our fabulous Ford Focus that got us here in one piece and into Phil’s fancy Camry around 8:10pm and we were sitting on the couch, car unpacked and put to bed around 9:00pm.
So we made it here – Safe and sound and we had a blast!!!!!! I truly think that if you ever have the chance to drive across this crazy huge country of ours, you MUST!
Now, with all of that behind us, its time for me to start my new life on the West Coast!
Click here for pics from Day #5!
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