The Rest of the World Comes Here...

Laura and I, like you I suppose, talk a fair bit about where we'll travel to next.

Some of this is tied to just getting out of the winter (that means rain here in Vancouver), and the remainder is to visit places we haven't been before. Often, though, we return to places we have been.

We go out of our way to support local businesses where we can, so why is it that we don't support our own tourist industry?

I think it's time to change that.

The rest of the world comes to British Columbia to see all the grandeur we have to offer, but we go to Phoenix or Asia or Europe or Mexico or ....

Granted, there are six months of every year where the weather doesn't cooperate with a local vacation, but from May through October things can be spectacular.

So this year, Laura and I are taking Clark (the motor home) for three weeks and doing a circle tour in our own province.

Vancouver - Bella Coola - Port Hardy - Victoria - Vancouver.

Although I've been looking forward to this for some time, Laura is now getting more than a little curious and excited about this different (for us) holiday.

I don't know what the highlight of the trip will be, but I am looking forward to seeing:

• Alexander Mackenzie's rock (he beat Louis and Clark to the Pacific by twelve years)
• Grizzly Bears fishing for salmon on the Atnarko and Bella Coola rivers
• The Museum at Bella Coola
• The day long ferry from Bella Coola to Bella Bella
• Ocean Falls
• Northern Vancouver Island - Port Alice, Coal Harbour

I plan to post a gallery of photos once the trip is done... stay tuned.