Category Archives: British Columbia

Year end, Decade end 2019 Summary

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Kings On the Road

The years and now decades seem to just fly by.  Here we are at the end of another year and another decade. This year we traveled to 15 states in the US  and 1 Province in Canada.  We put 10811 … Continue reading →

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Olympic Peninsula

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Kings On the Road

Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is a world all its own.  “Discovered” by Spaniard Juan de Fuca in the 16th century it is the northwestern most place in the continental United States.  It has hundreds of miles of coastline from Puget Sound … Continue reading →

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Seattle Cruise

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Kings On the Road

As former vendors to Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines we have always loved traveling by ship. Going into 2016 we had travel points on RCCL that we had to use or lose.  We had enough for a 4 or 5 night … Continue reading →

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Trains of the Canadian Rockies

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Kings On the Road

While not our prime reason to go north to the Canadian Rockies, trains turned out to be a big part of the story.  Canadian National and Canadian Pacific operate transcontinental lines thru the rockies.  The Rocky Mountaineer luxury passenger train … Continue reading →

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Canadian Rockies Tour – Kootenay and Banff National Parks

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Kings On the Road

The Canadian Rockies have been on our bucket list for some time.  Many RVers include Banff and Jasper on their Alaska itinerary but we chose to make it a separate trip to give us more time in this beautiful area. … Continue reading →

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Canadian Rockies Tour – Wildlife

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Kings On the Road

Wildlife in the Canadian Rockies deserves its own post.  We saw more wildlife in 3 weeks than we saw in 2 months in Alaska.  It all started on our way to Canada when we stayed a few days near Newport … Continue reading →

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Leaving Alaska Heading South – The Return Trip

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Kings On the Road

Returning to the outside, the lower 48 of the USA. After another doctor’s appointment Dianne was cleared to travel south on August 19th. We pulled out of the RV park in Wasilla and headed northeast on the Glenn highway out … Continue reading →

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Summit Lake and Liard Hot Springs

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Kings On the Road

The Alaska Highway took us through a good part of northeast British Columbia.  Starting at Dawson Creek the landscape was prairie like but soon we entered an area known as the Northern Rocky Mountains.  Fort Nelson has a wonderful visitor … Continue reading →

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The Okanagan

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Kings On the Road

BC’s Okanagan Valley was a beautiful way to start our journey North from Washington state to Alaska.  We visited in late June 2015. The Okanagan Valley in south central BC is the banana belt of western Canada.  It is also … Continue reading →

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Barkerville

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Kings On the Road

The Canadian government and province of British Columbia have preserved and restored a ghost town at the end of a 51 mile road east of Quesnel in central BC.  Over 130 buildings look like they just fell out of the … Continue reading →

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