Monday we left for Vancouver making one stop halfway in a town called McBride just south of Prince George, BC. Our decisions these two days of travel were largely driven by the fires taking place in BC. Ironically, these were the same fires that limited our visibility when we were in Denali national park. We couldn’t take the normal route to Vancouver instead having to take a more easterly route that was a couple hours longer. Prince George was about the halfway point but when we got there both of our eyes stayed burning even though we couldn’t see any smoke. So we continued another hour and a half south to a small town and campground on the way. We made it to Vancouver on Tuesday after two very long days of driving. Our Canadian friends, Connie and Dave, were staying there and although it was a half hour from Vancouver everything closer was booked. It worked out nicely because it was a very nice campground. Certainly the nicest one since we started for Alaska.

After doing some research on things to do in Vancouver Jamie found the Capilano suspension bridge. The bridge was originally built by the owner of the property in 1889 so his family could get to the other side of the river for a variety of reasons including hunting. It’s gone through many upgrades and is now a tourist attraction along with some elevated tree walks. It turned out to be a beautiful day and it was a great walk through the wood.