After a bit of a backtrack we visited mile marker zero of the Trans Canada Highway. The first night was spent in a campsite with a lots of mosquitoes and few fellow campers telling us that “it’s camping, computers are banned up here”, if she only knew, or even had a clue… how do you think I am going to update this website or create my personal log without turning on the computer… sheesh
From the GPS data we drove 323km with a moving average speed of 66.9km per hour. This of course does not count the ferry from the mainland to Vancouver Island.

Last night the family and I had Chinese food this was in my fortune from the fortune cookie.

The one thing that struck me at Mile 0 aside from the stupefying amount of kilometres in front of us we had to drive was the Terry Fox memorial. Here was a young man, a kid really, who was going to run the same distance we were about to embark on in the opposite direction. And on one leg no less. Here’s to you Terry, and the Pacific Ocean you never got to dip your foot in.

On the way back to the Lower Mainland, Dave and I got the opportunity to sail one of the new Super-C ferries, the Coastal Renaissance. We were pretty impressed. Here are just some the things we liked:

• high-ceiling car decks
• whistler-style wood finishing
• lots of seating
• store with snacks, travel items and gifts
• laptop stations
• executive lounge
• wide outside decks with windscreens

All in all, the new ferries are a great way to present B.C. to our many visitors.

OK, so we didn’t actually meet them. But they were following us, I swear! We finally ditched them when we stopped at Cathedral Grove. Funny, I didn’t know they traveled this far from Florida…

Hit the read more link to find out who it was!

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The plan was to get out of British Columbia fairly quickly. Our second night was spent east of Kamloops, an uneventful night camping. So much so I don’t even remember where we actually stopped.

While at the Last Spike historic site near Revelstoke, I noticed this sign on the side of one of the buildings.

Perhaps the source is a radioactive stream or something. Upsides? You’ll get superpowers! Downsides? You’ll join the local zombie pack! Don’t say they didn’t warn you!