Letters to John — From Canada — Letter Four
Waking up at Whistler Caravan Park
Where should I go from here? Planning the day
When I went to Canada in 2016, I wrote John a letter (email) every day. In this way, we felt as if we were traveling together. This is part of my fourth letter to John, which I wrote on the third day on my way from Whistler to Lillooet.
I just had a wonderful hot shower, made my bed (it wasn’t such a big job, as the couch is electric), and figured out how to set up the table, so now I can have breakfast at the table. My morning meal isn’t the best, as I only have the cheap cereal I got from Dollarama — it tastes like sugar clusters with milk. I also remember what I forgot to buy yesterday — tea. It would be so lovely to have a cup of hot tea; chai tea with milk would be the best, but… I don’t have any tea…
The weather got even worse… The sky turned completely grey, and one boring, dull cloud like a thick silver blanket concealed the firmament. So far, the sun hasn’t shown its face, and now it is raining. I can’t even see the beautiful mountains, which silhouettes I could admire last night. I deeply dislike the silly, depressing weather.
I noticed that the camper van parked in front of me was the cute 19’ compact RV I was going to rent. Unfortunately, I didn’t get it, as the drop-off location had to be the same as the pick-up point.
The best about these motor homes is that the main bed is above the driver’s cabin. This means that I could always leave the other bench and the table up without worrying about making the bed. I know, it is as lazy as you can get when making the bed is too much work. It takes me about a minute to change my couch into a comfortable bed in my van. So, maybe I should stop complaining about this…
I am trying to decide where I will be going today. My plan was to go in the direction of Prince George and then to Prince Rupert. However, I vaguely remember that Google-maps painted the image of the coastal town and surroundings as a relatively flat, monotonous and unremarkable area.
Maybe I should go to the Rockies. Everybody knows that the Rockies are so mesmerising that they are on the bucket list of millions of people. I will see what happens; I can make up my mind a bit later, as whichever direction I want to go from here, I will go north and continue driving on the See to Sky Highway number 99.
And one is sure about my plan for today — I will find a camping ground no later than 7 pm, and by 10 pm, I will definitely be asleep. Anyway, first I will go for a little walk on the camping ground and then drive to Whistler village and spend half an hour there.
I just wasted quite a bit of time trying to find my rain jacket. You wouldn’t think losing it in such a small space is possible. I went through all the shelves and cupboards a couple of times, and I could not find it. It simply disappeared.
In the end, I found it in a place I would never expect it to be — hanging with my other jackets… Oh well, in the meantime, the rain stopped, and the weather became much more friendly for my DSLR camera — still cloudy, but no rain. I should go for my walk now and pay for the caravan park.
Oh no, I haven’t done the dishes yet. I have better start moving otherwise, I will still be here at lunchtime.
This story is from my unpublished book called “Letters to John — From Canada.” One day I hope to publish the entire “Letters to John” series, but until then, I decided to share snippets of my books on various social media and writers’ platforms.
More articles relating to this book and my adventures while driving across Canada you can find in the following collection/list
Every article starting with “Letter X” is a collection of posts that together create the given letter. So, if you want to travel with us across Canada, go through the “Letter X” — articles. I hope you will enjoy the travels as we did! Happy travels!