Prince George, BC and More Gorgeous Scenery

We arrived in Prince George, British Columbia, seeing our first stoplight just outside of town. This must be a big city!! It does have a population of almost 77,000. After seeing stores after stores and dozens of restaurants, we arrived to our RV park a bit outside of the main “city” in a beautiful wooded area. Nice and quiet.

Many of the reviews of Prince George mentioned visiting the Northern Lights Estate Winery, which is located along the Nechako River. It is the northernmost winery in British Columbia. After setting up at our campsites, the four of us headed for to the winery. It was a gorgeous day and I put on shorts for the first time since….I honestly can’t remember; many months ago. At the winery, I enjoyed an award-winning blueberry wine and the guys had a beer from a local brewery. Our group shared a Charcuterie board and decided to try their homemade desserts. Greg & Helen shared a Lemon Tart and Dave & I shared a warm brownie with ice cream and blueberries. Both were delicious.

The next day Greg, Helen, and I went for a hike. When I logged onto AllTrails (a hiking app) it said there were 79 trails in the area. Wow! Greg selected a great trail for the three of us while Dave continued to give his ankle a rest. His ankle has greatly improved, but still not ready for a hike. Although the hike was rated moderate, it was a pretty easy hike, which was okay as we did those two harder hikes earlier in the week. We saw an old steam boiler along the hike, lots of mushrooms and even a bears pawprint!

Dave took Murphy to the Moore’s Meadow Nature Park with off leash trails and meadows. From the pictures, it looks like Murphy had a blast. Dave ended up walking/hiking about 2 miles and his ankle was quite sore after. At least it is improving!

While in the “big city”, Dave was able to score a Nanaimo Bar cream liquor. Most of the liquor stores we have tried were sold out. So this way, once we leave British Columbia and can’t find the bars anymore, I have a cream liquor to sip on!

On our way to our next destination, we stopped at the Ancient Forest. This Provincial Park protects a part of the only inland temperate rainforest in the world. We walked along a boardwalk past thousand-year-old western red cedars and a rich biodiversity of plants, mosses, lichens, fungi, and waterfall too! The largest tree “Big Tree” was 16 ft in diameter.

Our next stop was Mount Robson Provincial Park, a gorgeous forested campground with a unique spiral layout. Mount Robson, at 12, 972 feet, is the most prominent mountain in North America’s Rocky Mountain range; it is also the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. We were thankful to see it during our few days in the park and it definitely earned our feature photo, opening the blog.

This campground is laid out in a unique spiral, not something we had seen before. Not long after arriving, a park attendant stopped by and we found there was not a fire ban. S’mores tonight! Helen and I also set up our own “yoga studio” in the spacious campsite. During our second day, Murphy laid between Helen and I. Not quite puppy yoga, but he was a calming influence (for most of the time).

As for the S’mores, our next variation was a take on Rocky Road; milk chocolate, marshmallows and we added peanuts. Greg added the caramel syrup we had purchased for our Turtle S’mores to his. They were good, but Helen had a great suggestion of crushing the peanuts a bit next time.

The next day Greg, Helen and I (Dave’s ankle is pretty sore) went on a fun 4-mile hike. The entrance to the hike warned that it is berry season and the bears love berries. Helen brought along the bear spray just in case. The hike included a stop at the Overlander Falls and a hike along Robson River. The Overlander Falls was named after the “Overlanders”, a group of 175 men and one woman who in the Spring of 1862, left Ontario and traveled to central British Columbia to join the other gold seekers. They passed by the falls in August of 1862. The falls and resulting rapids were gorgeous.