Prince George
Travel Blogs from Prince George, Canada
Playing the waiting game
Ever play the waiting game? Well, I am. I don't mind getting plane ticket so early, now I HAVE to go. I'll play a little risk once in a while. Besides the price of the plane ticket DID go up since I last bought it. Oh though, ...
Moving On to Prince George, BC
... around. Having spectacular scenery to view makes it more special. And this was beautiful. Our destination for the evening was Prince George, BC. It is located at the crossroads of two major highways and two railways in British Columbia. Two rivers ...
On the road north (ie, the Hart Highway)
We depart Williams Lake, leisurely approaching our future. Rather than rushing to depart, we're more than happy to enjoy the morning in a very comfortable motel bed, and hit the road at the late hour of 9am. The road today is a bit ...
MEXICO: 23 Destinations to Spend the Winter Months
... Background: Our trip to Mexico was inspired by a desire to avoid the winter months in Canada by spending some time in Mexico. The question then became where would be a good place in Mexico to spend those winter months. An article by Suzan Haskins in ...
Prince George
Prince George sinks. I was going to drive though and have a look at the Fraser River and the town but I just wanted to get out as soon a I hit the city ...
smokin' interior B.C.
... that she was flying out of the city that evening. Shoot! Anne we will have to arrange a Sour Puss Summit. From Prince George and we headed south on highway 97 hoping to avoid any road closures due to fire. The northern route of highway ...
It's Canada Day!
... drove slowly through. Most of the towns/villages along this route are dotted along the Fraser River. We entered the Prince George National Forest and found both sides of the roadway dense with spruce and birch trees. About 50 miles east ...
Less the 60 days till my trip!
It's less then 60 days till my Adventure to Costa Rica, and 60 days exactly, till I'll join the Costa Rica Adventure by those Great Adventure People. (GAP) Here's what is planned: Dec 1st, 2008 Afternoon flight to Vancouver (via ...
Day 15 -- Prince George, Metropolis of Northern BC
... the office building (belonging to a private pulp company) and he lets me in. I almost died with relief and gratefulness. Prince George is another center for wood production. Here, in the trackless forested wasteland of Northern BC I am ...
CRA is booked.
I just booked my trip. Yeh. It is the Costa Rica Adventure by GAP Adventures, starting in San Jose (CR) on Dec. 4th. I fly down on Dec 2nd, so I have 2 extra nights in San Jose at starting hotel. I also got my insurance, I bought it ...
A Change in Plans...?
... We have plenty of time up our sleeves and no bookings so we could really go anywhere we want. We start off by driving to Prince George and discuss various options after that: A) Go East to Jasper B) Go West ...
Seriously tropical
... landscape. Big trees and miles of green. The Subway breakfast was a fast exit to the road. Not a lot of traffic heading to Prince George. Lots of bikes coming from the north. The road is blessed with lots of passing lanes so even when the trucks and rvs ...
Day one and two
Wednesday, September 12 2007 - Thursday, September 13, 2007. Our trip to Finland began early in the morning, with us waking at 7:00am to get ready for our 9:40 flight to Vancouver. It was strange, getting ready to spend the next ...
Life is Really Simple
... in common is growing. Ok, enough babble. Time for dinner and then to read for a bit. Right now I am sitting outside of Prince George on an old logging road. So far I have seen two black bears within a stone’s throw of my camp ...
Day 45 British Columbia Canada
... content grazing in the same area as three horses , but close to the road with traffic driving past. We are now in a place called Prince George, here the highway splits, one route takes us on the 16 and then the 37 to Watson Lake in the Yukon, the other ...
Ritorno a Jasper e Banff
Altra lunga tappa di 700 km che ci ha riportato a Banff dopo aver viaggiato in una zona del Canada caratterizzata da campi coltivati, zone a pascolo e le solite belle foreste con laghi e torrenti. Siamo anche ripassati da Jasper NP dove abbiamo fatto una ...
From Hazelton to Prince george
... . Next day we stopped at Twin falls waterfalls the next day after drying the tents out :( then on for a 6 hour drive to Prince George, Sully stops for a break from driving and does a full yoga workout in the layby removing his socks etc much to the ...
Tommorrow, 1 month till I depart
Well, tommorrow is May 10th. (And here I thought Sunday was the 10th) That means only 1 month to go until my trip I can't wait. Time is moving very quickly. Hope that people will come here once in awhile on my trip...hope it is a good idea. ...
Where do we go from here?
... I managed to make it all the way out here for this trip. Found out that its a camp job and approximately a 4 hour drive from Prince George. Hopefully its a decent camp and Im still able to get pictures up here. After the first few days I should have a ...
Tickets Please.
Hello Again, Well, after some encouragement, I'm going to post a quick note again. I just got my paper airline tickets the other day from the Travel Agency. Apparently, in this age of e-tickets, Air Transat still gives out paper tickets for many ...
Our First Day...
... reminds of me of Hawaii. After we drop off our stuff in our hotel room, we decide to go back and explore the area around Prince George. We went by the hospital, and generally just looking around. We decided that we were going to eat dinner at the hotel so ...
Touring PG
... . The rates are reasonable, fairly close to town, and very very clean. It has been around 25 years since we lived in Prince George. Jim, our long time good friend, became our tour guide. We seen a lot of changes in Prince George. All ...
Germany-bound
Today was the big day; I left little Prince George, with my final destination being Schornsheim, Germany. There were seven of us in total from my school, so most of our friends came to the airport to see us off. I know I'll miss them, but most of all I ...
Prince George BC redux
Wow, I cannot believe I have put more than 3000 miles on the bike since we were last here. Was planning on an oil change in the US but thinking Calgary again now. The short ride here was in glorious sunshine. A ride without rain pants & with ...
Sunny Weather in Prince George
Things are going well and finally sunny weather. Checked out Prince George and is a cute little town on the Fraser River and with a railroad history. There is an impressive railroad museum but not a tourist destination, mainly ...
Day 5
... breakfast with delicious home made raisin bread. Tow trunk showed up and picked up the trailer and towed us about 130 miles to Prince George where we were left at a RV dealer and repair. Parts were hunted up for our old trailer and the wheel ...

