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Good suggestion, A-K. Yes, there are deals to reduce the cost of the calls. Yes, you can shop via the Internet. I'm not pushing Speakout, but last I looked it was the cheapest. www.speakout7eleven.ca .

Far as I know the cheapest and fairly reliable is Speakout available at 7-11 stores in BC. I've used it for 5 years now on visits north and it's been fine. You can get a sim card for a phone you already have if that works for you.

I think these are what you're referring to http://www.backroadmapbooks.com/backcountry-maps/backroad-mapbooks/bc-backroad-maps/ They seem to be kept up to date, more or less, although I've had some unpleasant surprises from them once or twice. Roads that weren't there any longer. But...

It only took me three years to figure this out... :wacko: Enjoy your travels.

I'm headed up to this neck of the woods in mid-August. I noted that LIghthawk mentioned dispersed camping in his post in May and wondered what might be available. Most of the area still looks as though it's privately owned? Any forest service sites or places of that ilk in the area...

It looks as though I'll be headed up Sierra Valley way next month. Probably not peak birding season, but still looks pretty amazingly beautiful. I've only passed by a couple of times, but never had the chance to really explore. I noticed in the trip report that there was mention of...

Banff is less busy from September on, as well as Jasper. The big campground near the townsite (Tunnel Mountain) can stay kinda busy and is REAL busy for the Thanksgiving Long Weekend (October 8-10th). I've camped at Mosquito Creek in the autumn and found it very uncrowded. Enjoy!

Spend a lot of my camping time in the Northwest, get a lot of rain. Never really bothered. Hail, on the other hand, is rather disruptive. Fortunately it's infrequent.

Solar is pretty quiet. Don't really need the lemon wedges.

What wonderful country. And my compliments for your volunteer work. Trail building and maintenance isn't an easy gig. Food looks incredibly scrumptious!

Wonderful. Thanks. Eagles have been known to take small dogs. Pity they missed these. I guess they prefer fish.

Really enjoyed the photos. Thanks.

Another posting notes the guy boxed featherweight in his younger days. Might have some relevance to the outcome. Then again, as he notes, it could have come out worse for him. Then again, given no other options, I think I'd try. I've always been in favour of going down scrapping.

Also, I think he didn't have too many other options. Good to have a boxing background in those circumstances.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-man-punches-black-bear-1.3663954 “You want to make sure if you punch a bear that you’re hitting it straight in its snout. That's really the only thing you have on a bear that will really startle it," Rick Nelson told CBC News. (Provided)...

Sounds like a wonderful outing. Hope you manage Crater Lake next time. That food looks incredibly yummy.

Alas, oh so true!

Wonderful country. Looking forward to more.

Also, possibly useful. http://www.backroadmapbooks.com/ Includes detailed maps, GPS (since my time) and fishing guides. Might be worth a look.

Also you should know it rains A LOT in Prince Rupert. Hope you've got a good tarp.

Sounds like a fine trip. Maybe a few questions--this isn't my most travelled neck of the woods but I've covered most of that territory at least once or twice. How are you getting from Vancouver to Williams Lake? There are two routes (mainly), one via Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada) through the Fraser...

Really neat. Thanks for photies.

Thanks for the warning. Actually, I had a similar (but less severe?) problem last month. Managed to jiggle the handle until it released. Whew. (If that sounds like a calm process, it wasn't.) But sure enough, the screw in the door mechanism was loose and bunged up the latch. I can see that...

Looks just wonderful. Thanks for the report.

Dropped by ATC this afternoon, for what I thought was a minor repair. Marty spent maybe an hour and a half putting in a new drain spigot for my water tank. Old one broke, and you need to lift the camper off the truck and therefore open the turnbuckles etc, to replace. (Old model, design has...