Roadtrek Zion at Klahanie Campground, Squamish, BC

We are off to Squamish, which is about 45 minutes north of Vancouver on Highway 99. Nice and close. We're going to be spending the long weekend out there at the Klahani Campground. We've always passed by there. It's slightly south of the Squamish downtown area. And we've been interested in going in and checking out the campground. Here we are at Klahani Campground. Alright, so here's our spot for the weekend. You can see it's a fairly nice quiet spot. We're not parked perfectly. If we weren't trying to hook up to electricity, and the only reason we're hooking up to electricity is so we can use an electric heater, because it will be down around freezing. If we didn't have to hook up, we'd probably have backed in and then parked a little bit differently. But we wanted to access the power, so we're kind of parked the way we are. Having said that, we get a very nice view. You can see across the bay, Squamish town is down that way. And then just over there you can see the top of the Squamish Chief. We'll go back up there and do the three peaks probably tomorrow. You can still hear a little bit of highway noise, but it's a gorgeous view from here. We just had lunch in the van, and it's about 2 o'clock. We're just going to have a walk around. This one's not bad. These sites aren't too bad, but you can definitely hear the highway a lot more than our sites. A shower. A little old style, but reasonably clean. Assuming this row is the full hookup sites, they're a little bit closer together. We're happy with the water and power site that we got. Very convenient access right across the highway from Shannon Falls Provincial Park, and the trail network, and the gondola as well. The Sea to Sky Gondola. So this is the Shannon Falls Trail Access. And in the summertime it's really popular, actually most of the year. The parking lot's always full here. Yeah, it's about 20 after four. You can hear, actually, a helicopter in the background. The temperature tonight should get down to about minus one here. But we're also plugged in, so I don't anticipate our furnace will need to go on too often. We've got a small heater inside. And we have a new small heater actually. So it's the same brand as the one we had before. It's a little bit bigger. And the nice thing about this one is you can actually set the temperature. It has a digital temperature. We have to talk loudly because we've arranged for a helicopter to fly by. Just add that extra spice in our video. Alright, a simple dinner. Some pea soup, cheese, bread, vegetables and hummus. Gordon's putting the insulation on the windows. It's going to be a cold night. Chris is trying to settle down. Right Chris? We had a great evening last night. Fairly quiet. We couldn't really hear any noise. We've got a hill behind us, so there's a little bit of highway noise, but not very much. And of course in the middle of the night it's not a very busy road, so it was very quiet. A little bit of noise this morning though. The sun's coming up. Looks beautiful. A little bit of frost on the picnic table out here this morning. We had a good evening last night. Got down to just around freezing. Our little electric heater to keep us toasty though. Our furnace never actually had to come on. Anyway, gorgeous start to the day. So we're back on the Shannon Falls trails to get to the Chief Trail. We're going to carry on to the Chief Peaks Trail. There's actually three peaks. First, second and third. We'll do first, back down a little, up to second, down a little bit, then up to third. And you'll see one of our previous videos where we actually did the Cedar Summit Trail, which is that way, and way up there. That's actually closed. The lodge is closed today though. You could still do the trail if you wanted to. You just couldn't take the gondola down. Mickey's taking the normal route up with the chains. I'm taking a slightly different route. Just a little more scenic. Not so busy. Alright, almost up to second peak. We had to lose some elevation. And then start climbing back up again. Keep your weight on your feet. First peak over there where we were just at about 45 minutes ago, I think. Summit right there. We were just on the other side. Had lunch up there, and now we're just heading back down into another gully, and then back up to third peak. All the way. Six more inches and you're good. This is why we like this trail. Okay, maybe not this bit. Alright, we're done. Took us about five and a half hours, and that included breaks. And we covered about 18k, a lot of up and down. Great hike though, just gorgeous. Now, time for a beer. And we have today. Yellow Dog Sit and Stay, an Indian Session Belgian Ale. Cheers to a good hike. Cheers. Very good. Good morning. So, we go home today. It's Monday. Really enjoyed this spot, actually. You can hear a little bit of highway noise in the morning. But otherwise, it's very quiet here. So, we really like our Vernado, the new heater. It's really warm, and I actually felt almost too warm. At times, I just kicked off the blanket. We're having oatmeal this morning. Simple breakfast, instant oatmeal, and some strawberries. And just enjoying our beautiful view with the seagulls flying by. Before we head home, we're going to just check out the Squamish River to see if we can spot any eagles. It's a little bit early in the season, so we might not see any, but just in case. So, we did get to see some eagles, but most of them were really far away. So, hopefully, we were able to capture it when we zoomed in on one of our cameras. And there was one that flew overhead, so we'll see what the footage looks like. But, yeah, it was nice to see the eagles. Only a few compared to probably a month from now. Clouds start to roll in. We're heading home. Lots of traffic going back to Vancouver after the long weekend. Sometimes referred to as the Whistler 500. Just the volume of traffic coming back from Whistler on a weekend.