Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)'s photos with the keyword: Fraser River

Back into the Fraser River valley. From 1994 San Francisco - Arctic Ocean camping trip. Scan of an older picture. Best viewed as part of the NW Canada set.

Back into the Fraser River valley. From 1994 San Francisco - Arctic Ocean camping trip. Scan of an older picture. Best viewed as part of the NW Canada set.

Back into the Fraser River valley. From 1994 San Francisco - Arctic Ocean camping trip. Scan of an older picture. Best viewed as part of the NW Canada set.

Leaving Fraser River area. The rest of this narrative (below) is about the trip and is not related to this photo. After leaving the Fraser River, I was headed to Prince George. I had learned that there was a gay bed & breakfast in Prince George that also allowed camping on the grounds, so that was my next destination. I was curious as to what a gay bed & breakfast would be like in the relatively remote north (626 miles from Vancouver), and also was hoping to get information on finding other gays as I continued to travel north. The bed & breakfast was quite nice and there was a gay dance in town the night I was there, all of which seemed somewhat amazing since being in Prince George was sort of like being in a small town in North Dakota! Unfortunately, I also quickly learned that my American, urban, expectations about gay life did not jive well with some north Canada gays. Even though I tried to not let my American attitudes show through, I seemed to be unable to avoid coming across wrong. Part of the problem was simply that I met a number of people who self-identified as gay but had never had a sexual experience with another man (I met no lesbians), or had very limited experience. Part of the problem also was that I carried the stigma of being from San Francisco, a place that many people consider too fast, too intense, too gay. I've no pictures of Saint George -- leaving there, I headed west on the Yellowhead Highway to Smithers (adjacent photo). From 1994 San Francisco - Arctic Ocean camping trip. Scan of an older picture. Best viewed as part of the NW Canada set.

From 1994 San Francisco - Arctic Ocean camping trip. Scan of an older picture. Best viewed as part of the NW Canada set.

Fraser River Canyon. The rest of this narrative (below) is about the trip and not specific to this picture. Since the basic aim of the trip was to escape, my plan was to try to avoid the busiest highways and to camp every night. From San Francisco I took I-5 to Corning (first night's camping) and then on to Weed. From Weed I took US 97 through Klamath Falls, Ore, to Toppenish, Wash. From there, a short stretch on I-82 to Ellensberg, Wash., then US 97 and US 2 to Index, Wash. (second night camping). After Index, I headed back towards the coast and I-5, to Vancouver, BC. Even though Vancouver was more urban than I wanted to deal with, I went there to meet a contact who was going to give me directions for finding what sorts of gay communities existed in rural, northern, Canada. Unfortunately, he turned out to have no valuable information. From Vancouver I took the Trans-Canada highway to Hope, and then turned north on the Fraser Canyon Highway -- finally I felt like I was really starting my journey. From there on it was going to be two-lane highways at best, frequently narrower gravel and dirt roads. Unfortunately, the Fraser Canyon Highway turned out to have lots of truck traffic -- forestry and farming are big industries in that part of Canada. But, there were some interesting spots along the way (adjacent photos): From 1994 San Francisco - Arctic Ocean camping trip. Scan of an older picture. Best viewed as part of the NW Canada set.

From 1994 San Francisco - Arctic Ocean camping trip. Scan of an older picture. Best viewed as part of the NW Canada set.