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Into British Columbia

27 July 2023 • 861 km / 535 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 27 July 2023
  • Canada 14

My daughter and I are on one last road trip before our summer vacation comes to an end. We both spent some time in the San Juan Islands over the last few days. (See 146 Parks for some details of my explorations.) Since then, we’ve headed north into parts of British Columbia neither of us have seen before.

We spent Tuesday night in Vancouver and then did a brief tour of the VanDusen Botanical Garden. Someday, I shall endeavor to return for a more thorough photo shoot here,

A dusk cityscape of Vancouver with a curving multi-lane road in the foreground, a large dirt construction site with excavators and gravel piles in the middle ground, and a cluster of high-rise residential towers against a pale orange and blue sky.
Skyline view from our AirBNB · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
A pond blanketed with lily pads and dotted with white and pink water lilies, with a small clear opening of dark water reflecting the sky, bordered by a rock garden, lush greenery, and tall evergreen and deciduous trees under a deep blue sky with scattered white clouds.
VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
A lush garden landscape with tall evergreen conifers and bright green deciduous trees against a vivid blue sky dotted with white clouds. In the foreground, tall grasses, purple and yellow wildflowers, and a weathered wooden stump rise from a green meadow.
VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Two mounded clumps of golden-green Japanese forest grass with arching, ribbon-like variegated blades growing between grey stone paving bricks and a rough granite rock wall at VanDusen Botanical Garden.
VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
A paved path curves through a lush botanical garden under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. Tall evergreen and leafy trees line both sides, with dense green shrubs, a strip of grass, and clusters of blue hydrangeas blooming on the right.
VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
A pond surface densely covered with round green lily-like pads floating on dark blue-black water, dotted with small yellow fringed flowers on slender stems.
VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

We spent the next night in Whistler and then headed north to visit friends in Quesnel, which is much farther north than either of us have been before. There were hours and hours of windy roads, but that also meant lots of scenery to enjoy!

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
A curving mountain highway with a yellow center line winds through a forested valley near Mount Currie, British Columbia, flanked by dense evergreens and purple fireweed under a bright blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds. Rugged mountain peaks rise in the distance.
east of Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada
A turquoise-green mountain lake stretches into a forested valley flanked by steep, tree-covered slopes and distant snow-capped peaks under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. Purple fireweed and green brush grow in the foreground beside a small sandy spit with driftwood.
Duffey Lake Provincial Park, east of Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada
A long turquoise mountain lake winding between steep forested and rocky slopes under a bright blue sky dotted with clouds, viewed from an elevated vantage point framed by pine trees and pale sagebrush in the foreground.
Seton Lake, west of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada
A wide, pale green river winding through a dry, steep-sided canyon of arid brown slopes dotted with sagebrush and scattered pine trees, with hazy forested mountains and a blue sky with puffy clouds in the distance.
north of Fountain Valley, British Columbia, Canada
A calm blue lake nestled in a valley, ringed by pine-covered mountain slopes under a bright blue midday sky with puffy white clouds. Grassy, wildflower-dotted meadow and green shrubs fill the foreground.
Marble Canyon Provincial Park, east of Pavilion, British Columbia, Canada

An Australian rest area in the middle of British Columbia? Hmmm …

north of Alexandria, British Columbia, Canada

(Actually, there’s a tiny village called “Australian” where this rest area is located.)

Orcas Island, Washington, to Quesnel, British Columbia over three days · 861 km / 535 mi
(Mouse over or tap on the markers to see the photos there. Use the button to adjust the map’s position and zoom.)

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