Hope, Canada Travel Blogs

Over the Continental Divide...AGAIN!
Apr 10, 2008 (4 photos)

... USA 6 months ago and had to be back in Canada by today. My original plans were to be on the west coast of Canada today. Well...I'm only 150kms from the coast. Who would have guessed? My detour home seems to have followed my other detours during the ...

Hope
Aug 18, 2007 (10 photos)

... rushing river full of sock eye salmon. We found it interesting that over 9000 mles in the USA & hundreds in Canada so far, we have not come across any speed cameras.....do they have more accidents we ask ourselves ? or have we just become ...

Jim & June's Odyssey 2008 10 12
Oct 13, 2008

... it here, already.   Downtown Hope - In addition to the murals depicting historical events, Hope is called the "Chainsaw Sculpture Capital of Canada" and there are lots of them.  Amazing life-size and exquisitely colored bears, wolves, martins, ...

More in Hope than Desparation
Sep 3, 2006

... stops at Hell's Gate Canyon (we came, we saw, we didn't fancy the $15 for a 4 minute cable car ride). Arrived at Hope with expections of plenty of trails to while away our two-day stay, it was off to the tourist information. Dave (M) chatted with a ...

Hope springs eternal*
Sep 4, 2006

... in the park and they weren't wrong! Unfortunately we recently heard on the news that those fires have now spread in to Canada (nowhere near us - before parents worry!). We opted to do a trail along the Lightening, Flash, Strike and Thunder lakes (can ...

Manning Hike
Aug 17, 2007 (5 photos)

... didn't see too many people on it, but I saw a sign half-way through the hike that said "PCT: Begining/End of Canada/Mexico hike", which I thought was pretty cute and never took literally. I hiked around 26 kilometres that first day from 11.00am until ...

In der Lodge am Williston Lake
Aug 13, 2009 (4 photos)

endlich sind wir in der Lodge am Williston Lake angekommen, am 13.08.09.! .....das ist nun auch schon 1monat her....ich und domi werden demnächst mal text dazu schreiben und fotos hochladen...inzwischen geniessen wir 8 gemütliche tage in Sun Peaks (nähe ...

Dashing through the Yukon
Jul 13, 2009 (18 photos)

This blog entry covers two travel days. "Late" (7:00am) on the morning of the 12th, I left Palmer, Alaska, and headed southeast back toward the Yukon. I noticed many examples of rock graffiti along the road. It was a hazy/smoky morning and pictures ...

Re-entry...and China photos up!
Jul 8, 2008

... from our time in China. They are at: http://flickr.com/photos/urbangarden/. [See sets labeled "Kashgar," "Dunhuang," "Xi'an," and "Beijing."] Hope you enjoy them! I'm working backwards, so look for photos from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan next week. Zoe

Back to the Rockies!
Jun 27, 2008

... still alive. Had 1 night in Mission, then on to Hope (where one of the theories of it's name is associated to St Margaret's Hope in Orkney). Small world eh! We're right in amongst the mountains here, and it's gorgeous. Had a rest day today before our big ...

Day 10
May 29, 2009 (4 photos)

Day 10 Left North Vancouver after breakfast and drove east towards Hope. Tomorrow we'll be beyond Hope [get it?]. What are we going to Hope for? [Get it?] Good question although so far I haven't an answer for you as we've only just had lunch and the day ...

Heading East
Jul 15, 2009 (4 photos)

Well, it's time to slowly head back home.  BC was/is beautiful and some place I will see more of in the future!  Today it was a de-camp and travel day.  We were out of Goldstream by 11:15 and on the way to Nanaimo where we took the ...

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Dec 27, 2006

had a subway...

A bit of Hope
Oct 14, 2008 (5 photos)

From there we headed south to Hope, stopping at several provincial parks along the way. The prettiest was Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park, where we did a walk through the forest to a beautiful old bridge across the river with vibrant yellow trees arching ...

1st leg of our journey.
Jul 7, 2007

We have made it to Hope and are settling Biko (our dog) in with his grandparents who will be watching him for the month before heading to Frankfurt tomorrow.

Good Hope Lake
Jun 29, 2008 (1 photos)

The soundtrack of my trip.

All the way down the River
Oct 16, 2009 (5 photos)

This was an awesome River Rafting trip. Just take a look at the pictures and enjoy=) By the way, the boat had to have an engine, because the river was too fast to padel. It was not because we were lazy:-P

Waiting to leave...
Nov 9, 2005

INT: CHARTERS RESIDENCE IN PORTHOPE ONTARIO I have been house sitting our family home in Canada now for about a month and a half. After returning from Calgary the last time around, I decided that it would be a good idea to book my return to Los Angeles ...

Hope
Jul 12, 2009 (2 photos)

... relatives we also hadn't met before.  Had morning tea with them (with the hummingbird darting in and out to get some food quite close to us) before heading off again.  Drove through Princeton and more mountains and wildflower meadows to Hope.

testing...
Nov 28, 2006

... carving capital of the world! There's another interesting fact... At present, there is a huge controversy between the communities of Hope and Chetwynd BC over who gets to wield the title of "The Chainsaw Carving Capital of the World". Now there's a ...

One of the Largest...
Jul 25, 2009 (17 photos)

The W.A.C Bennett Dam is one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams.  It's quite a sight. Unfortunatly, the tour doesn't allow cameras to be brought.  We were taken 500 feet underground and into the dam.  The size of the generators ...

Still at home
Sep 18, 2008 (3 photos)

... from a guy i worked with.Had a car all ready ,but did not think it would be a car that would have gotten me from BC to NB.Hope i made the right move in buying the car i did,but i figured this is a guy i worked with over the last 4yrs and know he is a guy ...

Rocky road trip with our own wheels
Aug 25, 2008 (4 photos)

After South America, bus fares in Canada seem exorbitant. The Greyhound bus company has a deal where the second person going on the same long-distance trip only has to pay $20. This helps a lot to bring the fares into the realm of the reasonable, but we ...

San Juan Island and On to Canada!!
Sep 28, 2007 (4 photos)

... Island near False Bay. I'm writing this on the ferry crossing back to Anacortes before going on to BC. About that US/Canada thing...turns out that the final border dispute between the US and England occurred due to events on SJI. Until very recently, I ...

Hope
May 30, 2007

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Map pin only
Aug 24, 2007

Map pin

almost gone...
Dec 4, 2006 (4 photos)

Packed all my shit today. No more "Hope" for me. It was pretty good while it lasted though. I am quite pleased with my effort at being stationary. It was a great almost 4 months! 4 months is about the time it takes before I'm ready to go somewhere ...

Kiskatinaw and the W.A.C
May 16, 2009 (5 photos)

... .  Past Fort St. John (the true origin of the Alaska Highway), we backtrack a bit and detour to Hudson's Hope, and the immense W.A.C. Bennett Dam.  The development, in the Peace River Canyon, is one of the largest earth fill ...

Sexy Curves, and Hot Too
Jul 12, 2008 (20 photos)

... 5 to Little Fort, west on 28 to 100 Mile House (this road rocks!), and then the 97 south to my resting spot of the day, Hope (where they filmed the original Rambo, as a bit of trivia). And finally some heat! The interior of BC is very desert like (I ...