Day 1, June 22, 2019

This was a travel day from Jasper to Bowron Lakes Provincial Park in British Columbia

To start the trip we had to travel 587km to get to the Bowron Lake campsite where we were staying for the night.  Keith arrived at the house in the morning and we made sure everything we would need was safely packed in the van or, in the case of the canoe, on the roof.  After roughly 8 hours on the road we arrived at Bowron Lake Provincial Park and set up our camp for the night.  It quickly became apparent that we were going to be swarmed by clouds of mosquitoes.  Both of us put on our mosquito protection, in my case a mosquito net and for Keith a repellent infused hat.  It was at this point that I realized I had not packed everything after all.  I had left my Tilley hat on the boot rack in the house in Jasper.  My mosquito net helped but there was nothing to keep it away from my face which was not pleasant.  However, after preparing and eating supper and organizing our gear for the next morning, we explored the campsite before retiring to the tent for the night.