The Plan

It took Ben and I months of organizing and planning to decide where we wanted to go for our road trip and what activities we most wanted to do. We were amazed to discover that we could easily have spent twice as long in this part of the world, camping our way through all the mountains and parks, exploring further south into Oregon and northern California - but three weeks turned out to be perfect - by the end, we were pretty tired and looking forward to the comfort of our own home!

Anyway, here's a rough outline of our itinerary:

1) Revelstoke, BC (in the western part of the Rocky Mountains): camp one night as it's a half-way point between Calgary and our next stop...
2) Okanagen Valley, British Columbia: camp & attend friends' wedding
3) Whistler, BC: camp for two nights
4) Vancouver, BC: three nights in a downtown hotel
5) Hornby Island, BC (on Vancouver Island): camp two nights
6) Telegraph Cove, BC (on Vancouver Island): camp two nights
7) Tofino, BC (Vancouver Island): camp three nights
8) Victoria, BC (Vancouver Island): two nights in a downtown hostel
9) Seattle, WA: three nights in a rented condo near downtown
10) Spokane, WA: one night in a hotel
11) Kootenay National Park, Britsh Columbia: one night in a cabin

And back to Calgary, full circle. Here's a general idea of what our route looked like ... we estimate that we covered more than 2,500 miles!