Another weekend in June, Jim and I went camping with his parents, as well as two of his sisters and brothers-in-law. Everyone had their camping units and we practiced social distancing even with some joint meals. It was great to sit outside in the sunshine and catch up on each other’s lives!
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This spot is along the Goat River and a “recreation site” with outhouses, picnic tables, and fire rings. Some of these are paid sites (in the $10-$15 a night range), but this one is free.
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Finding Love for the Workaholic (Matchmaking Moms of Oceanview Church 3) by Laurie Larsen
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The campsite is accessed via a logging road over this bridge, but you can hardly hear the trucks over the rushing water!
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
BC is such a beautiful area. Its so vast but the areas I have seen are beautiful. I stayed on the Sunshine coast for a few days and it was lovely. Then up to Pemberton and I really love that area. Vancouver was good too. You have the mountains and the wilderness areas. I enjoyed hiking to Nairn Falls although will admit it was good to actually walk most of the track with a couple from Switzerland. (we didn’t see bears but my friend waiting for me did see a bear at the start of the track)
It looks so gorgeous and peaceful, hard to imagine the rushing of the water. Enjoy!
Those pictures are so peaceful looking!
Love the pictures!!! BC is definitely on my bucket list!!
Y’all are steeped in beauty! Thanks for sharing once again.
I love hearing about your visit to BC, Jenny! We camped at the Nairn Falls campsite and had a look down the path, but we arrived too late and had too far to drive the next day to take that hike. Maybe another time.
As for bears, we see probably 5-8 most years, usually black bears but occasionally grizzlies. Usually we are in the vehicle driving along but sometimes see them when we are less protected. My husband used to work in forestry and has had more close encounters than I care to think about!
That river is deceptive! It’s deeper and faster than it looks in the photos, especially in June when the snow is melting in the high mountains. It’s definitely not safe to go for a swim! Besides being the temperature of ice…
Truly there is nothing like nature to settle one’s spirit. For me, specifically, water. If I can’t have the ocean — and I usually can’t, since we live a long day’s drive away! — I’ll take a mountain lake or a tumbling stream any day of the year.
It is definitely the BEST place in the world to be told: stay home!
This truly is one of my favorite places on the planet, but I’m sure going to miss not seeing the Pacific this year!
Those pictures are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for enjoying them :)
Those pictures are just gorgeous. Makes me want to take a hike.
:D Then I’ve done my job!
Congratulations to the winners. Thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures, I bet it was a lot of fun. have a Great week and stay safe.
Thanks, Alicia! Hope your week is terrific, too :)
Valerie,
That’s wonderful that you got to hang-out with your sibs! That sounds like so much fun! I’m beginning to feel isolated from my family and friends – and I generally prefer seclusion. It’s just that 6mos is excessively long – lol. One of my sibs & her hubby dropped by our house yester as I was walking out the door for work, so that was too bad. My hubby got to visit w them & eat pie. :D I haven’t seen them since last summer so as I left we agreed we all need to check calendars & work something out. I’m sure we’re not the only ones w that dilemma.
Yay! for summer & better opportunities!
Yes, we’re almost five months into this thing! Crazy. My hubby’s sibs all live locally so we do see them occasionally, but that sometimes means we don’t get together because we COULD do it anytime! This wasn’t everyone, but it was a good start. :)
My own four sisters and I got together in Florida in June, 2019. One lives near me in BC, one in Ontario, one in Wisconsin, and one in Florida, so we don’t see each other that often (last time had been 2016, then 2012). We’re sure glad we had a great week together last year!
Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures! It must be amazing to live there! Have a wonderful week.
You’re welcome, it is, and you, too!
I’ve so enjoyed your pictures Valerie and lived vicariously through them :-) What a grand time for you and your family to celebrate being together and catch up on each other’s lives. I bet that was the highlight of your camping trip and that fun & laughter ensued all around!
Happy SONday everyone!
Thank you! It WAS fun. :)
Love the photo of the bridge over the rushing water.
There is normally one near the railway lines but no not the day we were there. There is normally one outside Squamish but no it wasn’t there on the bus back to Vancouver. I saw some in captivity at Grousse Mountain.
I did see a Mama and 3 cubs in America.
BC has a lot of bears :) I’m glad you got to see some.
It’s a pretty spot :)
Goat River caught my attention as we raise goats. Pictures were so pretty. Glad you had family time.
Visiting Canada has been on my wish list for years, but due to husband’s health and trouble walking any distance, looks like pictures and books are in my future for visiting my list of places.
Hi Nancy! And now with the international boundary closed for several months with no end in sight, far fewer people will have the chance to visit. I’m glad the photos are helping scratch the itch for travel :)