OUR BIG PHAT
CANADA FAMILY ROADIE PACKING TWO ADULT ‘KIDS’, PARENTS & 4 SNOWBOARDS IN A 27-FOOT RV WITH A MONTH TO EXLPORE THE BEST OF BC & ALBERTA RIDING SOUNDS LIKE A PHAT PLAN TO US. JOEL OWERS REPORTS ON THEIR ‘BIG BERTHA’ EXPERIENCE. In the early hours of a warm, picturesque summer morning, my sister and I were on edge with a mix of nervous excitement, dread and a profound sense of awe. Months of meticulous planning (mostly from our parents) and long hours at work had coalesced to this one morning, and this one month which lay ahead of us. Above: on the snow road © Joel & Mrs Owers. Opposite: Adding more to Revelstoke’s already impressive 1,710m vertical. © Joel Owers
It was our first time flying by ourselves overseas and also the furtherest we’d be away from our home in Australia. Had we packed everything we needed?
Were our bags under the weight limit? What awaits us in this infamous, but to us as yet unseen land called Canada? On the 10th of January 2023 we embarked from Sydney Airport and were bound for Vancouver and the entrance to some of the most impressive terrain we as a family have ever witnessed, and had the pleasure of riding down. (Check snowaction.com.au for the ‘Meet the Japowers’ feature from the families’ 2019 Japan motorhome trip).
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