A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 206 miles / 332 km, about four hours of driving, from a boondocking spot in the parking lot of Mount Begbie Fire Lookout near 70 Mile House to MamaYeh RV Park & Campground near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
70 Mile House to MamaYeh RV Park & Campground near Prince George, British Columbia
We drove our coach 206 miles / 332 km, about four hours of driving, from a boondocking spot in the parking lot of Mount Begbie Fire Lookout near 70 Mile House to MamaYeh RV Park & Campground near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Begbie Summit elevation 1232 m (4041 ft):

Barn and 130 Mile Lake:

Williams Lake rest area:

Turn to Prince George:

Interesting rocks:

Bridge over Quesnel River:

River and BC-97 highway:

Arriving at MamaYeh RV Park & Campground:



Campground map:

RV park playground:

Our site, #1:

Not particularly level:

But very long:




That evening we went into Prince George for dinner at A&W:


Root beer in frosty mugs, grass-fed beef burgers, and fries; all very tasty:

Back to our site:

Video: Lynden, Washington, USA to 70 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 238 miles / 383 km, about five hours of driving, from Lynden / Bellingham KOA in Lynden, Washington, USA to a boondocking spot in the parking lot of Mount Begbie Fire Lookout, 70 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada.
Lynden, Washington, USA to a boondocking spot in the parking lot of Mount Begbie Fire Lookout, 70 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada
On our way towards Alaska, we entered Canada! Oh, so full of hope and plans for the next three months.
We drove our coach 238 miles / 383 km, about five hours of driving, from Lynden / Bellingham KOA in Lynden, Washington, USA to a boondocking spot in the parking lot of Mount Begbie Fire Lookout, 70 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Canadian Border Inspection:



Welcome to British Columbia, Canada:

Maximum 100 km/h:

Trans-Canada 1 East:

Circle Route British Columbia Heritage Discovery:

Welcome to Hope, BC:

Yale rest area:

Yale Tunnel:

Saddle Rock Tunnel:

Saskatchewan train:

Sailor Bar Tunnel:

Spuzzum Tunnel:


Two tunnels in quick succession:


China Bar Tunnel:

Wildlife Corridor:

Thompson River:

We attempted to fuel at a Esso card lock pump, using our Open Roads fuel card, but it didn’t work:

A little later, we had better success at a regular Wesco diesel pump, albeit having to do three separate $250 transactions (yes, our coach takes a lot of fuel); fueling our coach was an ongoing hassle in Canada:

Arriving at the boondocking spot:

Welcome to Mount Begbie Lookout:

Our boondocking spot, where we spent the night with no hookups:

After breakfast the next morning, we walked on the trail up the mountain:

View partway up:

Cell tower at the top:

Lake view:

Fire watch tower:






Back to our coach:

There’s a larger area below where we parked, but it wasn’t very level:



Video: Shelton to Lynden, Washington motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 206 miles from Shelton to Lynden / Bellingham KOA in Lynden, Washington.
Shelton to Lynden / Bellingham KOA in Lynden, Washington
We were on our way to Alaska! (Or so we thought.) Our first leg was to get just south of the border with Canada.
We drove our coach 206 miles, about four hours of driving, from our home base near Shelton to Lynden / Bellingham KOA in Lynden, Washington.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading north:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Oakland Bay near Shelton:

Joining I-5 North:

Tacoma Dome:

Rest area with RV dump stations:

Rest area… with a clueless car and a van in the truck parking:

Lunch:

Seattle skyline:

T-Mobile Park, home of our Seattle Mariners, with a closed roof:

Heavy traffic:

Tunnel under convention center:

Zuck’s megayacht:

Rest area:

I-5 bridge over Skagit River:

Almost a collision:

Arriving at Lynden / Bellingham KOA:

Narrow driveway:

Our site, #6:



The site was so short, we had to park our truck over by the office (I think the first time we ever had to do that):

Magnum inverter communication fault
Late last year we had an issue where our inverter panel reported an “Unknown Fault”, showing garbage on the screen. I reset the inverter, and the fault went away.
Recently, I had the same “Unknown Fault” and garbage display… but resetting the inverter didn’t solve it.


I looked at the inverter itself, and fiddled with the network cables, and the issue went away… for a while, but came back after driving, so obviously something was loose:

The phone line splitter was a prime suspect, and indeed it was crumbling:

So I bought new phone line splitters; I thought that one with a short cord would be more resilient:

Installed:

That did the trick.
Video: Coburg, Oregon to Shelton, Washington motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 255 miles from Coburg, Oregon to our home base near Shelton, Washington (again).
Coburg, Oregon to our home base near Shelton, Washington
We drove our truck from home down to Cummins, then drove our coach back home on the same day; 255 miles (each way), about five hours of driving (each way), from Cummins Coach Care in Coburg, Oregon to our home base near Shelton, Washington… again.
Here’s a map showing our route home, heading north:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:
Our coach:

Departing Cummins:

I-5 North:

Oops:

We stopped at the first rest area again, to see if the issue recurs… fortunately it did not; looks like the turbo replacement was the real fix:

Triple trailer:

Exit to I-205 North:

The mountain’s out — Mount Hood:

Leaving Portland:

Mount Hood again:

“Oregon Thanks You; Come Back Soon”; not for a few months, thanks:

Just can’t get enough of Mount Hood:


Closed rest area:

Back to Gee Cee’s Truck Stop again:

This time, we got fuel:


And DEF:

Then we went into their restaurant for dinner:


A long day; getting towards sunset:

Exit towards Shelton:

Shelton:


Our coach at home:




Video: Coburg heading north, then back to Coburg, Oregon motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 113 miles from Cummins Coach Care in Coburg, Oregon towards our our home base, but turned around in Salem when the Check Engine and MIL lights came back on with the same error code.