Single-handedly solving nothing
When kids hit their teens, family camping trips become a tougher sell. Especially weekend outings to nearby campgrounds. If you’re not bringing their friends along or meeting some at the destination, the fun of just being at a campground is no longer going to cut it. I had this in mind as I began planning … Read more
I’ve been wanting to camp at Fort Steele Resort & RV Park for three years now. This past summer, it finally happened, albeit for one night only. My yearning to camp here was triggered during Covid. Outdoor activities had been greenlit, so my son and I went gold panning in Fort Steele, British Columbia. One … Read more
Silver and gold. Silver and gold. We were both looking for silver and gold. This is what brought us to Slocan, BC, and why we ended up spending two nights camping at Springer Creek RV Park & Campground. If only we’d had a snowman to guide us to the mother lode. Gold had proven elusive … Read more
Sometimes it’s hard not feeling like I’d have no luck at all if it weren’t for bad luck. It was the only hiccup in planning our nine-day rockhounding adventure through BC. I had hoped to spend one night at Gold Panner Campground near Cherryville. On the way to our next destination after a day of … Read more
Our summer rockhounding adventure included a u-dig opal adventure in the mountains west of Vernon, British Columbia. The morning meetup place was at a gas station on the west side of Okanagan Lake, and I wanted to be camping nearby to minimize our pain the morning of our dig. If you’re familiar with Okanagan Lake, … Read more