Last week I got to fulfil an almost-lifelong dream of mine: try out camping in a campervan. The Man and I being of the tall and rather large persuasion, we rented the biggest thing that still called itself a van – it was rather more luxurious than the Westie of my dreams – and went north, to Wells Gray and Mount Robson Provincial Parks.
It was awesome, in the truest sense of the word.
The glampervan
Spahats Falls, near Clearwater, BC
Feeder falls to Spahats Falls
Dawson Falls, Murtle River, Wells Gray Provincial Park, BC
Dawson Falls, filmed from right next to the falls (no zoom lens). That’s how high the river is running right now. The force of that water is incredible. Helmcken Falls, Wells Gray Provincial Park, BC. I have never in my life seen anything like it. That’s the falls for whose protection the whole park was created, and rightly so. Helmcken Falls in motion. Incidentally, it’s the fourth highest waterfall in Canada (141m straight drop) and is of the “Plunging Punchbowl” type of waterfall. Now you know.
Steve was there too.
That’s meant to be a citronella candle. The skeeters didn’t get the message.
Overlander Falls, Mount Robson Provincial Park
Mount Robson (highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, 3945m)
Campfire glow
Moul Falls, Wells Gray Provincial Park
Yours Truly and Helmcken Falls. I really was there; those are not just stock photos swiped off the internet. It’s the most incredible sight, truly awesome in every sense of the word.
