We’re now booked half-way! We have accommodations all the way from the start line in Tacoma through our half-way beach-day in Whitehorse, the capital city of Yukon province.
We’ll be staying at the greatest one-stop-shop I’ve ever seen after our ferry into Victoria, BC: a brewery, pub and grill, liquor store, and hotel in Chinatown!
We’re staying near ferry terminals on those days, otherwise we opt for little cabins of local flare when we can, but some of these tiny towns only have motels. It’s also clear that most of these properties don’t have to compete on quality of listing photo… So far, I’m pleased with the variety we’ve found:
We’ve also identified Nisga’a Highway as an even-more-scenic alternate between Prince Rupert and Stewart.
That all started when Evan found this on Google Street view. How could we not?
Nisga’a Highway runs through several first nations communities and national/provincial parks, but is quite rural and runs along even more lakes and rivers, in higher mountains. It looks incredibly beautiful and I’m so excited. But while it appears to be a road at least popular enough to have landed on Google, it does appear to be gravel. I’m now even more curious about what cars the other two have.
Shipping
So as we’ve now lamented many times, we’re buying cars at home and getting them to the start line. The current shipping method appears to be “hopes and dreams” because, as Evan has summarized:
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/car-shipping-is-a-complete-a-shit-show-1836884873 Kinja has deleted its OppositeLock and Overland communities. Content Unavailable
I never wrote about that time we shipped home the cars from the first trip because I could not believe our lunacy had descended so far. We were all prepared for about that price point. Looks the other two might be able to hold onto the same effective rate by shipping together because the first car costs a fortune to ship but the second is a cheap add.
Unfortunately, shipping solo, I’m looking at double what I paid last time, which is shockingly close to what I paid for the car. A good friend who moved from Austin to Seattle shipped his boyfriend’s car up in their move and he paid about the same prices I’m seeing. I need another option.