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Thursday, January 05, 2006
Heading North... For the Winter?
For our trip back North we decided to drive North on the island and head to Port Hardy. From there we took the ferry to Prince Rupert. This cut several hours off of our road time, but allowed for a more enjoyable, and different trip home.
Originally we had planned to leave Comox at 10 am in order to catch the 4:00 pm sailing out of Pt Hardy, leaving us 3 extra hours in case of car trouble, road conditions, traffic, etc. (This ferry leaves 3 times a week and costs several hundred dollars - you don't take the chance of missing it). We called the ferries the night before to confirm the sailing and were told due to wind conditions that the sailing had been delayed until 10:30 PM. The following morning we called again only to find it was again delayed, this time until 1:30AM thursday morning. At least it was sailing. We left Comox around 6:00 PM on Thursday and arrived at the terminal around 9:30. Some people had been there as early as 2:00 PM expecting the boat to leave on time. Shortly after 1:00 we had boarded the ferry and were off for the 18.5 hour ferry ride. Let me tell you, 18 hours on a ferry is a looooong 18 hours. We arrived in Prince Rupert some time around 6 - 6:30. The winds were extremely high, and the drive between Rupert and Terrace, we were tossed around like crazy. We stopped in Terrace for the night. The next morning we left Terrace at 6:00 and headed home to Dease Lake. The roads were mostly snow covered, but we managed to make fairly good time, arriving at home around 2:30. The trip took us around 8 hours. In perfect road conditions you can make the trip in just under 6 hours, but we have heard stories of people taking as long as 12 hours, so we count ourselves lucky. << Return to Blog << Return to DeaseLake.net |
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