On Thursday and Friday, June 15-16, Maxi led the way from Prince George to Prince Rupert.  The guys have gotten into the habit of stopping at every visitor information center they’ve seen.  The result is interesting shots from several villages and small towns.

One of their first stops was at Burns Lake, a rural village in NW Central British Columbia.  It’s world reknown for its network of mountain biking trials.  Instead of biking, this is what the adventurers saw:

Next came Houston, BC, with its history of forestry and mining.  It’s known as the Steelhead Capital, so I assume fishing is a big sport here.

Have you noticed that pretty young ladies are attracted to Maxi? Eryn above was celebrating her graduation.

Thursday night brought them to Tyhee Lake Provincial Park.  By now, it was raining, but the guys had to camp this night, so they set up the Cascadia car top tent, which kept them dry and comfortable during the night.  Jay cooked and Charlie washed dishes.  It doesn’t look very comfortable doing these chores in the rain.

Friday, they packed up and continued their journey to Prince Rupert, visiting more small towns.  Check out this view as Maxi drives down the Yellowhead Highway with a view of the snow-capped mountains in Smithers.  Smithers is known  for skiing and fishing.

Next came New Hazelton, which boasts one of North America’s highest suspension bridges.  I have to say, the various visitor center examples of cougars and grizzly bears would worry me, but they guys didn’t see anything abnormal while they were camping Thursday night.

New Hazelton is also known as the totem pole capital of the world:

Since it was still raining off and on, the guys were very happy to bed down in a hotel for the night in Prince Rupert.  Prince Rupert is a good sized port city (approximately 1,500 inhabitants) on British Columbia’s northwest coast, very near the southernmost border of Alaska. It’s a gateway to wilderness areas like the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Sanctuary bear habitat, and the North Pacific Cannery traces the city’s salmon-canning history. Humpback whales swim in the fish-filled waters offshore.

Saturday, June 17^th was supposed to be a “free” day, as they were remaining in Prince Rupert one more night.  Of course by now, there were auto maintenance issues to take care of.  

Then they visited more nearby totems:

Followed by a nice tour of the murals in Prince Rupert:

Finally they checked out the hotel gym and called it a day.

Here’s hoping for good weather for Sunday night, a planned camping experience.