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Nairn Falls Provincial Park (Hwy 99 North)

Nairn Falls Provincial Park (Hwy 99 North)

Nairn Falls Provincial Park, on the west coast of BC, was my husband Bob and my first destination during our road trip from Victoria, BC, to Jasper National Park in Alberta. This was July, and we hadn’t expected the weather to turn sour. Driving conditions on the narrow and windy Sea-to-Sky Highway (Hwy #99) were challenging with the fog and rain. We finally arrived at the campground mid-afternoon and were delighted to see that our camping buddies Deanna and Rick…

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Shannon Falls Provincial Park (Hwy 99 North)

Shannon Falls Provincial Park (Hwy 99 North)

I’ve been to Shannon Falls Provincial Park twice now, and will probably stop many more times.  My first visit was with my friend Sue during our March 2016 camping adventure at Alice Lake Provincial Park. The weather was cold, windy and rainy that day, so we gave the picnic area a miss and traipsed directly along the short 350m path from the parking lot to the river, where the falls, swollen with melting snow and winter rain, exploded down from a…

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Alice Lake Provincial Park (Hwy 99 North)

Alice Lake Provincial Park (Hwy 99 North)

Spring to fall, fresh-air-hungry Vancouverites flock to Alice Lake Provincial Park to enjoy several kilometres of outdoor bliss.  The playground and beach are filled with sounds, smells and sights of summer; laughter and splashing from the sandy beach and warm water, bright coloured beach balls and upturned buckets, barbecued hot dogs and sizzling hamburgers. Hiking trails, walks for every fitness level, and mountain biking trails wind through 396 hectares of woodland. When my friend Sue and I arrived in the…

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