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Christmas 2007

The family all gathered up in Mackenzie at Heather & Al’s house this year. All the Ankersens, the Millers, Christine, and of course us. 2800km and 42 driving hours later, another wonderful roadtrip undertaken, a new part of the province explored, and another opportunity to get away from it all.

Christmas 2007

A Visit to the Chilcotin - January 1, 2008
After a leisurely start to the morning, we said goodbye to Mackenzie and started the long journey south. We decided to do a little side-trip on our way home. Our destination: Tweedsmuir Provincial Park fairly close to Bella Coola. The road to Tweedsmuir would involve an 800km (round-trip) side-trip that would take us into one [...]

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Family Fun in Mackenzie - December 28, 2007
There was lots of snow in Mackenzie, which made it a great winter getaway experience for us! I’ve realized that I would much rather have it snow in the winter rather than rain! Our first day in Mackenzie was spent relaxing and hanging out. In the evening as the sun was setting, we went out [...]

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Driving to Mackenzie - December 22, 2007
We left Vancouver before sunrise so that we could get an early start, beat the Lower Mainland traffic, and make good headway by the time everyone else was just getting up and having their morning coffee. It’s a good thing that we left early, because we didn’t make the speedy progress that we would have [...]

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