We’re on the road for much of today and start to get a sense of exactly how vast this country is. If America is big then Canada’s just ridiculous; 200 miles = one fingernail on our map.
A few fun facts: British Columbia is bigger than the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Holland and much of northern France combined.
You could also squeeze California, Oregon and Washington State into an area the size of BC.
If the UK was made out of wax (eh?) and melted down (what?) then poured into the shape of BC (nurse!) it would only fill a quarter of the mould (ah, now we understand …that’s actually quite interesting).
And yet British Colombia is only the fifth largest of the 13 Canadian provinces and territories.
We find a nice riverside campsite near the fabulously named Smithers and have time for a nice walk to a viewpoint overlooking the Hudson Mountain glacier.
It’s warm enough for t-shirts but by the time we’re in bed the thermometer dips below zero. This is crazy nonsensical weather.
Another fun fact for you - I’m full of ‘em today: people from Smithers call themselves Smithereens.
So here we are; a couple of Smiths surrounded by 5000 Smithereens. We’ve already found the Canadians to be warm accommodating folk but somehow this makes us feel even more welcome.
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