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Holiday Motel & RV Resort home to movie stars!
Editor’s Note: Perhaps the most famous film that used Hope BC as a setting is First Blood, the first of the Rambo films starring Sylvester Stallone. In 2011, a famous bridge that Rambo walked across, was taken down, 30 years after filming. However, Hope has been the backdrop for other films located at Holiday Motel & RV Resort. The new proprietor of the resort wrote this installment. One movie, filmed in 1995, is titled Far From Home which is about friendship and survival of a teenage boy and his dog. John adopts a stray dog and names him ‘Yellow’. Both […]
Top 10 Reasons to Take Via Rail to Vancouver
I recently had the pleasure of taking a trip on Via Rail from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Vancouver, British Columbia. Via has some amazing deals available this year, offering fares that are 70% off the regular price. The train fare was less than it would have cost to make the trip on the Greyhound bus! After a visit with family in Saskatchewan, my daughter and I greatly enjoyed the train trip home to Vancouver. The train we took was Via Rail’s flagship Western Transcontinental, the Canadian. It travels from Toronto to Vancouver and Vancouver to Toronto three times each week. The […]
Ski the Powder at Manning Park
Do you like to ski down a mountain all day by yourself (and not have to hike back up)? Enjoy the sunny cool crisp days, with 30 cm of fresh powder snow. Then Manning Park Resort is where you should come. From the lower mainland the drive to Manning Park is about 2.5 hours. It is very similar to the drive (in duration) to the drive from Vancouver to Whistler. But unlike Whistler expect to pay less than half the price for a day on the hill. Don’t get me wrong the amenities are in no way comparable. Manning Park […]
Othello Tunnels
The Othello Tunnels are well known in the Hope area and are a part of the Kettle Valley route. The tunnels are also known at the Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park. The tunnels turned walking trail are part of the abandoned railway tunnels through the mountains of the canyon. The circle walk is easy with a 6 km length or just to walk and view the tunnels and perhaps catch a glimpse of the salmon running will only take 1 hour. This is a must see in the area.
