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Nelson Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Nelson, Canada
JULIE FINALLY WINS
This is a top pick! ... . Big win, Julie! Big win!!! The Julie coming-of-age story didn't have its end there. No. We Canada-trekkers wanted to tour around Nelson on a Saturday, and Brian and Debbie's car wasn't big enough to carry all of us. Julie was determined to ...
The Kootenays
This is a top pick! ... to hang out with them and get to know their daughter Ruby and meet Steph's parents. They gave us the local experience in Nelson. Lovely town and a good size. Some very quickly characters living here. We did some hiking and kayaking on the lake while we ...
Where BC Gets Its Enema
We had a wonderful trip from Watson Lake to Fort Nelson in the rain and snow. Not enough snow to remain on the ground but snow just the same. All kinds of animals on this leg. Gwen counted about 100 Bison, 26 Caribou, 5 Mountain Sheep, 1 Elk, 2 ...
The one man caravan rolls dusty into town.
... me to elaborate... It started with a long slow bus ride; 12 hours in fact, heading east from Vancouver to a town called Nelson. The bus drove through the night while I ate strawberries and barely slept. We rolled into town just before 6am, ...
Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson
Took Old Alaska hwy to see Kiskatinaw River Bridge. Didn't want to go across this old wooden bridge; there wasn't a wide enough turn around so had to unhook the jeep to turn around. Should have driven in the car to see the bridge while ...
3rd Night
... game and the roads climbed and dipped as we entered the northern Rockies. My goodness, it was so much fun* Whitehorse to Fort Nelson 591miles 10hr 54m Beautiful day again! Roads were great up until we past Watson lake, then we got into the mountains, it ...
Ft Nelson Truck Stop & RV Park
We left Dawson Creek BC for Fort Nelson and it rained alot on the way and we didn't see any wildlife. This is a country where the wildlife is superior. Attached is snapshots of the country side. Ray ...
Beautiful British Colombia
... Rocheuses demande beaucoup de concentration et une bonne dose de calme. C'est toute une épreuve... 8 years after I discovered West Canada, I come back in that beautiful area. The mountains are as majestic as always. Like in Argentina in the ...
Low Point of the Trip
... description: "I believe this is an Asian longhorn beetle,they are slowly spreading all across the country and are damaging a lot of Canada's forests. My older brother says he has been bitten by them and it's quite painfull, he was in northern Manitoba at ...
Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
... ; We are hoping that some of our future sites are better. We enjoyed a closer look at the local history by visiting Fort Nelson Heritage Museum with Ron and Hazel. The Fort Nelson Heritage Museum has a number of collections. The theme of the museum ...
Heading the Alaska !
We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is highly appreciated. Please contact us by ...
Summertime, and the living is easy...
... split. The Black Rooster was fine...just that. We got the hell outta Dodge (or, in this case, Castlegar), and headed on to Nelson. Phew... There was a little snafu on the Nelson approach. I saw some scenery, stopped for a photo, Shawn didn't see me stop, ...
Crossing Canada - heading the east coast
We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is highly appreciated. Please contact us by ...
More Miles Behind Us...
... , but estimated to take about 4 hours or more due to terrain. We will be visiting the second largest natural hot springs in Canada: Laird Hotsprings Provincial Park. We will try to stay there for the night as well. Here is a link to the ...
The Alaska Highway
... Fort Nelson, we past the junction with the Liard Highway that we will be taking tomorrow north into the Northwest Territories. Fort Nelson is a bigger town than most that we have come across in the northern parts of Canada, but there are little facilities ...
Liard Hot Spring RV Park
The next day was beautiful cold but sunny and the wildlife was out and the view was rugged and wild. A plane landed next to the road while we were getting gas and we thought it was going to land on the road in front of us. Check out the ...
Beautiful BC And Bloody Mosquitos!
... Lake we had a 15 mile climb to Paulson Summit (1535m). The Canadian Rockies are steeper than the USA mountains. Our descent into Nelson was a nice reward. We're staying at The Dancing Bear Inn (hostel) for 2 nights and it's lovely. Nelson seems to be ...
First Day on the Alaska Highway
We completed our first day of travel on the ALaska Highway, about 370 miles from Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson, British Columbia. It was a good day, not particularly exciting and the weather was rainy for the first couple of hours, but it went well. The ...
Fort Nelson
... , getan. Heutzutage sieht man hier die Invasion der Amis, welche nach Alaska in den Urlaub fahren. Bin nun in Fort Nelson, geduscht und gewaschen :-)) sozusagen neu geboren. Eigentlich war nicht viel los auf der Strecke ich hatte die Strasse sozusagen ...
Fort Nelson to Toad River
Finally a sunny day; even though it's only 34. Today's drive had the most spectacular mountain views so far. Stopped at Testa River Services for Cinnamon buns and coffee--delicious!!! The drive through Summit Lake was ...
c'est loin
Après une nuit de sueur car il a fait très chaud, c'est la route sur 457km jusqu'à fort Nelson que nous atteignons aux alentours de 2.30. Il a fait beau sauf pour une averse de 10 minutes. Maintenant il mouillasse et l'air se rafraichit un peu, ce qui ...
Out of the Storm
... winter driver, just a fair weather driver. A MH with summer tires and towing a jeep made for a slow ride. But we made it to Fort Nelson in one piece and a jeep and MH covered in snow and ice. What a big mess. We decided to stay in a hotel as the RV parks ...
On the Alaska Highway
... attractive or interesting about Dawson Creek - it's just Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway and a 7 hour drive from Edmonton. I got to Fort Nelson around 3 pm and would have gone on - another dump - but wasn't sure I would find a place on the way and ...
Almost packed
Here is a link so you can see something of the scenery in case I'm technologically challenged! http://www.explore(no space) thesouthwestcoastpath. co.uk I figured it out! You have to hit the hide lines button beside the map and then the ...
On the way to the Alaskan Highway
We entered British Columbia and the pacific time zone and started on the Alaskan Highway at Dawson Creek. Again, a hilly, hilly drive, with snow covered mountains in distance and a fairly bumpy ride. High of 58 degrees and some rain - more to come ...
The week before departure
Hello everyone, Here is my attempt to follow Adriana's lead, and create a travel diary of the great walking tour in ...
My greatest Wilderness Pee
... their probably regular yoga. A group of children are hard-paddling past us during their Dragonboat lesson. One dog owner after another stroll past on the boardwalk. And I am lying on the beach in Nelson, wishing, dreaming, palnning. From ...
WWOOF
... (with delicious baked goods from Leah *yum*) for our first volunteer experience with "Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF)" to Nelson, BC. We were pleasantly surprised to find that Nelson is home to a lot of young backpacking transients. Everyone was ...
24 hours and counting
Hello everybody, Here I am running around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to remain cool and get everything in order. Hopefully I will be able to access a computer regularly and update you all with witty eloquent travellisms, and ...
worst gravel road ever :-(
Freitag 04.06.2010 Nach dem MacKenzie Hwy. folgte heute der Liard Trail. Von Fort Simpson nach Fort Nelson (BC). 350 km ungeteerte Strasse! Und die hatten es in sich. Nicht mal Kieselsteine, sondern nur Lehm und Schlamm. Teilweise war es richtig ...