The Great George

This blog is about my trip to Prince George in British Colombia. It is initiated and organised by the Ministry for Education in Rhineland Palatinate.

... Nordic Walk Because of our interest in physical exercise and my discovery of Nordic Walking, it was with great delight that we discovered Fort George Park within minutes of downtown. An oasis of greenery and physical beauty, it proved a worthy ...

... With Lobo on YOU TUBE:  http://www.youtube.com/user/TravelsWithLobo ---------------------------------------------------------------- The New Look of Prince George For the last two evenings I have noticed that winter has brought a new look to Prince ...

... Mall to park the truck and camper and had lunch in their food court.  We then took the Altima to Six Flags Great Escape in Lake George.  We had our season passes so it was a quick stop for us.  The kids enjoy seeing Fright Fest every year ...

... ;•••••• www.youtube.com/user/travelswithlobo ********************************************************** Heading Home to Prince George Prince Rupert is located on an island. Shortly after leaving the island, the road, ...

... our daughter Sarah and her husband Peter on Skype, all the way from Australia. Sunday (today) we attended worship at the Prince George CRC where we were warmly welcomed as guests. It has been a great day all round. Catching up on our blogging, meeting ...

... 't someone email us to tell us !! we used to live just around the corner & have fond memories of the place.... Prince George, the Spruce capital of the World this time !! most of the Spruce sits in piles instead of forests, relaxing in ...

... and Ray and then headed back to our campsite.  We had some work to do in town so we stayed in a hotel in Prince George on Sunday before meeting Brady on Monday morning and heading off to Cluculz Lake.  Cluculz was a very long, skinny lake and we ...

... , but we got bored waiting and i hopped on a dump truck and we decided to head into town. for those who have never been to george, its a small little town which seems to have nothing in it bar a stadium and some bars, we went to a bar clalled zanzibar, i ...

... on the way, but the roads did lend themselves to good travel times. With the shared driving, we in fact achieved the Prince George, it was a big days travel of around 12 hours, but worth the effort to give us the knowledge to reach Jasper after a bit of ...

... side of the road in the lot of G&L General Store. Heaven help us! Many hours after starting, we reached our destination -- Lake George! As we drove down Route 9, we could hardly believe our eyes. A gorgeous lake, fabulous mountains, and to all ...

Thursday, September 3 - Prince George, BC As we drove into Prince George, I asked Art to pull into a Michael's for a few things that I needed.  We drove into the parking lot and got into some tight sitations with the motorhome and decided not to ...

I'm now in a city called Prince George. Imagine a bleak industrial town, built with function in mind and lacking any thought for form and colour covered in a perpetual gray. Now you've got Prince George. And to make it worse, it's raining. I had to ...

... A long day in the Truck covering a huge distance on the impressively smooth Alaska Highway. Sunday 01 August. Fort St John - Prince George. 475ks. It's such a lovely feeling to know we have achieved what we set out to do. The Pan American Highway, Ruta ...

... , and it's great - we've lounged in the sun, eaten loads of nice cakes, and gorgeous food, thanks to Brendan, every night. George is a quante little town, with churches on every corner, bit of a sleepy town - which nearly reflects my mood for this week's ...

... a 6.2 magnitude earthquake. Again, we were assured that a tsunami was not expected and our cruise schedule was not in jeopardy. GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman – A flat, relatively unattractive area surrounded by swamp and scrubland. At the pier, we were ...

... ; They determined it was safe for us to drive to a campground, so we went and hung out. We didn't do too much in Prince George (that probably goes without saying, but we thought we’d give them the benefit of the doubt).  We did go into town and ...

... lunchtime has been the only meal we've been able to be out for (our on-ship times have been around 5 or 6pm) and that's not a great time for finding a good restaurant. We'll get some later on-ship times; in Trinidad I think it's 9pm, and in the ABC ...

... ; I packed up after lunch and headed south down the woodsy east side of the lake.  To get to the western shore of Lake George, I had to tackle the biggest climb of the trip up CR 11 - not recommended at the end of a long day - but spectacular views ...

... that we’d be fine and headed to the shuttle to reach the trailhead. The climb at the top of the walk along the chains was great fun. The worst part was a when you met somebody coming the other way and you had to find a safe spot to pass them. The ...