Yukon Ho!

Westward Bound!

April 9, 2006 on 11:31 pm | In Trip Planning |

Let’s get things started by planning how we’ll reach our starting point which is over 4000km from home. I’ve divided the Westbound trek into seven driving days. It’s doable in four or five, but I don’t want to wear out the vehicle nor its occupants.

Day One: A relatively short day, we’ll aim for Chutes Provincial Park just past Sudbury (512km).

Day Two: Might as well aim high. 729km to Rainbow Falls Provincial Park (before Thunder Bay).
Day Three: 720km will take us just beyond te Ontario/Manitoba border to (the enormous) Whiteshell Provincial Park.

Day Four: 808km past Regina to Buffalo Pound Provincial Park. Gotta get across the prairies quickly.

Day Five: 557km to Little Fish Lake Provincial Park near the Alberta Badlands (N.E. of Calgary)

Day Six: 688km to Nakusp, BC where if we are lucky we will camp for free next to the natural hot springs.

Day Seven: 624km to Vancouver. Total distance covered so far: 4640km.

This brings us within striking distance of Tofino (another 220km plus a two hour ferry ride). If we leave on the 24th of May, this plan brings us to Vancouver on May 30th i nthe early evening, and hopefully leaves some time to visit friends and family before the wedding on June 3rd.

We are still trying to determine where we will officially start pedaling from. If we are lucky, we will secure a parking spot for the van close to Port Hardy. If not, we may have some extra pedaling ahead of us if we leave the van in the Victoria area.

It’s getting close, I can feel it!