1.10.14

BC/Alberta Circuit - Summer 2014



Day 1

  • Claresholm, AB: Visitors Centre and Museum
  • Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site
  • Frank, AB: Frank Slide Interpretive Centre
  • Fernie, BC: Thrift Store
  • Cranbrook, BC: Frank's Steak and Schnitzel Haus
  • Moyie Lake Provincial Park
Day 2
  • Creston, BC: Black Bear Books Cafe & Kingfisher Used Book Store
  • Nelson, BC: Hume Hotel Restaurant, downtown shopping, market festival
  • Kokanee Creek Provincial Park


Day 3
  • Nelson, BC: Oso Negro Cafe
  • Osoyoos, BC: Tamri Campground, the beach, and fruit stands
Day 4
  • Highway 3: driving through E C Manning Provincial Park
  • Hope, BC: lunch at info centre
  • Dewdney, BC: Monastery of All Saints and visit with Lazar Puhalo
  • Abbotsford, BC: Supper & evening with 2 of Amber's aunts
Day 5
  • North Vancouver, BC: Lions Gate Hospital to visit 2 day old nephew twins
  • Horseshoe Bay, BC: Ferry to Nanaimo
  • Nanaimo, BC: Longwood Brew Pub
  • Honeymoon Bay: Stay with friends on Lake Cowichan
Day 6/7
  • Honeymoon Bay: hike Mesachie Lookout, relax and swim in Lake Cowichan
  • Duncan, BC: Just Jakes with Craig St. brews
Day 8
  • Victoria, BC: visit with friends, walk around harbour
  • Schwartz Bay, BC: Ferry to Tsawwassen
  • North Vancouver: supper and evening with Amber's aunt, uncle, and sister
Day 9
  • Vancouver, BC: St. Augustine's Pub
  • Langley, BC: supper & evening with 3 of Amber's aunts, her mom, sister and cousin
Day 10

  • Langley, BC: badminton with Scott
  • Hope, BC: lunch with college friends
  • Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park: swim in the Coquihalla River
Day 11
  • Dewdney, BC: Orthodox Liturgical Service at All Saints Monastery
  • Langley, BC: Mark and Sarah's wedding
Day 12
  • Chilliwack, BC: visit and play at river with Grammy and another aunt and uncle
  • Squamish, BC: settle into our rented house, Howe Sound Brew Pub


Day 13-17
  • Squamish, BC: 10 cousins/3 siblings together, mini-golf, wedding anniversary dinner, Porteau Cove, Murrin Lake, Alice Lake, Howe Sound Brew Pub
  • Squamish Valley Music Festival: Strumbellas, The MatinĂ©e, A Tribe Called Red, Bruno Mars, Foster the People, Lykke Lik, Serena Ryder, The Head and the Heart, Mayer Hawthorne, The Zolas, Sam Roberts Band, Tokyo Police Club, Black Joe Louis, Broken Bells, Arcade Fire
Day 18
  • Langley, BC: Allison and Paul's wedding celebration
Day 19
  • Kamloops, BC: Noble Pig brew pub
  • Revelstoke, BC: Williamson Lake, spend evening with cousin


Day 20
  • Calgary, BC: Watch the odometer turn to 3,748 km, see Arcade Fire


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