I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve driven between Kamloops to Vancouver. Having lived in Vancouver for many years and then buying a place in Sun Peaks, just north of Kamloops, this drive became a regular one for us between the city and our mountain retreat. The Vancouver to Kamloops route is also…
I’ve done the drive from Kamloops to Whistler and Whistler to Kamloops numerous times. As a Vancouverite with a house in Sun Peaks, there are only really two options for when we’re travelling between the two cities. You can either go north from Vancouver to Whistler and then across to Kamloops or take the faster…
A Koontenay hot springs road trip had been on my list of things to do in BC for a while. Living in Vancouver, it takes a bit of planning and effort to make it to the Kootenays and especially to plan this Kootenay Hot Springs road trip which takes you close to the border with…
Road trips are an adventure like no other – the freedom of the open road, the thrill of discovering new places, and the memories that last a lifetime. Road trips have been a part of my life since I was about 7 and my family would pack up the car and travel from England all…
Earlier this year on our road trip across America I discovered several apps I’d never heard of before. These apps became things we’d use every single day on our road trip. They helped us plan our road trip, save money, make long drive days (like that 6 hour highway drive from Florida, through Alabama and Mississippi…
Our USA road trip ended a month ago (a month already!) and it was incredible. We saw so much and we’ve pretty much been enjoying summer since mid-March. Which, if you ask me, is well deserved having converted our van in the freezing cold of a Home Depot car park in Toronto. Below is the…
When we first started talking about travelling through the US in a van one of my big worries was how to shower when you live in a van? The vans we were looking at while still back in the UK had a shower (albeit it tiny), but still, it’d do. However, when we actually bought…