As someone who enjoys camping this is going to be the worst summer ever in BC. At least people will be spending money here I guess. But damn, I should get priority booking in tofino because I fucking live here.
I haven’t been looking forward to this part. Camping sucked during covid because the campgrounds were too busy with us all staying in Canada and going camping. Hopefully people take the opportunity to go to Europe or Asia this year!
I’m inclined to agree. I recall the camping experience during covid: the loudness, the disrespect for the environment, the competition for camp sites and the people who would game the booking process. Camping trips are intrinsic to the Canadian identity, however, so I can’t endorse burying it behind a “camping license” or any other such strategy. I believe expand the funding of the provincial- and national-park system is a good first step, followed by converting new crown lands to campground, opening long-shuttered campgrounds, and increasing the lands allotted to current parks. I think an education campaign is in order, too.
Yes, we need to expand provincial park campgrounds to catch up with population growth. It’s a crime that in such a big, mostly forested province, people can’t easily get a couple hundred square feet of grass to pitch a tent for a weekend.
Oh don’t get me started. In BC they “expanded” the number of campgrounds by converting existing non-provincial-park campgrounds (forestry service campgrounds) to be under the provincial park system. They jacked up the prices (some were free before) and added no services. Total bullshit.
I’ve always preferred the smaller less well known campgrounds anyway.
The ones that make the top 10 lists are usually too crowded for me even in a slow year.
Even the lesser known ones were shit shows in BC in 2021. They also took over a whole bunch to make them provincial parks that were previously forestry and often free or very cheap. Frickin’ annoying.
“I don’t worry about anything I can’t do anything about. It just causes stress. I just try to survive.”
I am so sorry buddy but going down to the states may, yes cost less this year however it may also get you a life time holiday in El Salvador. I know the risk is low but it is not 0.
The hell does “elbows up” mean? The article doesn’t say.
It was during the election, the Liberals convinced people Pierre was going to Kowtow to Trump and remove the counter tariffs, and they said we needed elbows up.
Removing counter tariffs kind of like this actually:
