{"id":20,"date":"2015-04-09T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/wordpress\/?p=20"},"modified":"2015-04-09T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T14:15:00","slug":"travelling-to-northern-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/2015\/04\/09\/travelling-to-northern-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling to Northern BC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every year. Every year since I’ve met my wife*, I have made the trek north to Smithers, Hazelton, Kispiox, etc., BC to visit her mom, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, friends.<\/p>\n

It’s a very long drive. Interestingly, it’s essentially the same distance from Edmonton as it currently is from Calgary: 1,150 kms. While it would only take light under 0.004 seconds to travel that distance, it takes us 12 hours.<\/p>\n

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12 hours in our little Toyota Matrix. The kids sleep, eat, read, eat, play on the iPad, ask for snacks, tell me to turn down the music, and eat.<\/p>\n

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The first 4 hours take us through world class national parks Banff and Jasper. I never tire of driving Highway 93 through the Columbia Ice Fields.<\/p>\n

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Everytime I’ve driven Highway 93 at this time of year it has been covered in a thick pack of snow. This year it was bone dry allowing us to make good time. And it didn’t muck up our undercarriage.<\/p>\n

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Amber reserved us rooms at the Hostels International in Jasper, which is just outside of Jasper. The common area is beautiful and peaceful. I played card games with three guys I met after Amber and the kids went to bed. During that time however, there was a group of 8 guys who were very loud and very rude.<\/p>\n

We had a private room. My kids were tickled to sleep in a bunk bed. I had a hard time getting to sleep with all the comings and goings and loud conversations and dance music (?!).<\/p>\n

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The next morning, I drove to McBride, BC where we stop to pee. We pass Mount Robson, the highest mountain in British Columbia, on this leg. Amber drove the next 2 hours to Prince George. She got to drive through the blizzard. The weather can be different every 2 hours as you cross through different mountain ranges.<\/p>\n

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We stopped to stretch our legs less than an hour from Smithers at the little highwayside park in Houston. They boast the largest fly fishing pole.<\/p>\n

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Then we enjoy the warm hospitality of our hosts and the cool mountain air and bits and pieces of northern life.<\/p>\n

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*Almost every year. Every year minus 3, so just 15 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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