Greetings from the road! I know it's only been a day but I'm going to use the internet when I have access to it and share my travels when I find the time.
Yesterday I stepped out the door in Sechelt BC and caught a few buses, a ferry, and a skytrain to get through Vancouver and the Fraser Valley to end up in
Hope BC.
Approximately 217km and 7hrs travel. With some great conversations and people met on the way :)
Let us begin!
Mt.Elphinstone looks down upon the Langdale Ferry terminal
Gambier Island's two peaks peek out
Bowen Island through glass and glare
Pulling into Horseshoe Bay as the Bowen Island ferry departs.
Thank you for riding
BC Ferries. There isn't much of a choice ;)
For my many years of travelling this route I always know my stop is next to the
Vancouver Christ Church Cathedral.
Welcome to
Pacific Central Station. From here you can catch trains or coach lines. I went with
Greyhound from Vancouver to
Hope. I didn't get a good picture of the front because it's all scaffolded and draped for construction.
My bus wasn't going to leave until 1:45pm so it was time to forage. Given the choice between McD's, generic sandwich place, and the Sushi Zone... Sushi Zone wins!
Humourously stylin up-selling
I asked him if I could take his picture and he smiled and said yes. Then he grabbed his sword.
On the bus and awaiting departure to head East, further into the Fraser Valley as the mountains beckon.
As we get further away from Vancouver we get out into some of the Fraser Valley's farmland.
Pulling into Abbotsford for a brief stop beneath Mt.Baker's watchful gaze.
Dream Pizza? Any of my Abbotsfordian friends able to give a review? ;)
On out to Chilliwack, through the fields and narrowing valley towards where we run alongside the Fraser.
The Fraser River is the longest river in BC and the 10th longest in Canada. Check out the
Fraser River wiki for sweet historical, geographical, geological, hydrological awesomeness!
The valley has narrowed significantly. The other side is just over there. We must be nearing
Hope where the valleys converge.
Arrived!
and as the sunsets on Mt.Ogilvie so ends the day's travel. Visiting old friends and sharing laughs and ideas, encouragement and resolve.
Go well my friends!
~mm
1 comment:
Beautiful Pics as always Jordan! :D And as for the Dream Pizza... I haven't heard from anyone if they'd had any, but it's been about three different names under the same owner since I've lived here. Always looked kinda sketchy to me.
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