Destinations

Where I’ve Been

A quick list of the highways and cities I’ve cruised through:

Highway 7 (Lougheed) from Hope to Vancouver
Highway 1 (Trans Canada) from Vancouver through Hope north to Ashcroft and Kamloops, passing through Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Revelstoke, Golden, Banff (Alberta) and Calgary (Alberta)
Highway 3 (Crows Nest) from Hope east through Princeton, Osoyoos, Grand Forks, Castlegar, Creston and Cranbrook
Highway 3B through Rossland and Trail
Highway 5A from Princeton north to Merritt
Highway 5A from Merritt to Kamloops
Highway 5 (Yellowhead) from Merritt north through Kamloops, Barriere, Clearwater and Blue River
Highway 8 north from Merritt to Highway 1
Highway 97 from Osoyoos north through Penticton, Kelowna and Vernon, west to Kamloops/Hwy 1 (passing through Falkland and Westwold), west to Cache Creek, north to 100 Mile House
Highway 97A from Vernon north to Sicamous
Highway 97C (Okanagan Connector) from Kelowna to Merritt, north to Logan Lake and Ashcroft
Highway 97D between Highway 5 and Logan Lake
Highway 23 (Big Bend) north of Revelstoke to the Mica Dam
Highway 23 north of Nakusp to Shelter Bay ferry to Revelstoke
Highway 24 between Little Fort and 93 Mile House
Highway 31 from Kaslo south to Nelson
Highway 33 southeast from Kelowna to Midway/Highway 3
Highway 6 east from Vernon through Lumby, Cherryville to the Needles ferry
Highway 6 north from Salmo to Neslson, northwest through Slocan and Silverton to New Denver
Highway 99/17 into Tsawwassen from Vancouver
Highway 99 from 97 junction to Lillooet
Highway 12 south from Lillooet to Lytton
Tunkwa Lake Road north of Logan Lake to Highway 1
Back highway between New Denver to Kaslo, passing through the Sandon ghost town
Princeton-Summerland highway west from Summerland to Princeton
Coalmont Road north from Princeton through Coalmont and Tulameen
Douglas Lake Road from Westwold to Highway 5A
Agate Bay Road from Highway 5 to Adams Lake FSR
Loakin-Bear Creek Road to Louie Road and Niskonlith Provincial Park
Kamloops-Shushwap Road between Chase and Kamloops
Squilax-Anglemont Road from Highway 1 along Shushwap Lake
Chase-Falkland Road north of Falkland to Chase
Creighton Valley Road from Highway 6 through Echo Lake Park
Sugar Lake Road to Sugar Lake FSR, Sugar Lake camping area
Trinity Valley Road from Lumby to Enderby
Green Mountain Road from Penticton to Highway 3A

USA

I5 south from Canada through Seattle, Portland, Eugene to 101 south to San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego
South on 95 into Idaho through Coeur d’Alene then east on I90 into Montana through Missoula, Butte, Bozeman, Livingston
South from Livingston, MT into Yellowstone National Park looping around through Wyoming
Beartooth Highway scenic route through Montana and Wyoming

Destinations worldwide via plane/boat:

Juneau, Alaska
Skagway, Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska
Seoul, South Korea
North-South Korea DMZ
Tokyo, Japan
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Mazatlan, Mexico
Chihuahua, Mexico
Thunder Bay, Ontario

Where I’m Going

My primary interest is to explore areas where I’m not likely to run into other people. I’m also interested in finding abandoned infrastructure such as roads or buildings. I do a lot of highway driving and at some point I would like to travel across large portions of Canada via car, checking out back roads and areas not frequented by tourists.

Specific highways I plan to drive:

Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Edmonton, Alberta. This is an extremely long stretch of highway that goes across northern BC and Alberta and would be part of a multi-day trip
Highway 37 north of Highway 16 into the Yukon
Highway 93 south of Jasper, Alberta to Golden, BC and south on highway 95/93 to Highway 3, following east across Alberta border
Following Highway 16 or 1 across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Highways 1/19/18/4/28 across Vancouver Island

Other destinations:

Northern California and also Yosemite National Park
Yellowstone National Park via Montana/Wyoming (recently done, plan to go again)
Glacier National Park in northern Montana