Yellowhead Highway

Since I am taking a break from my late winter and spring projects that are overdue in tackling, I will take time to chime in for this one :

After overnighting in Fraser Lake and heading eastbound, it was going on day 4 upon shower time for me as I was strategically planning on stopping at Daves RV Park in Vanderhoof, however by the time at the last nanosecond seeing the tiny arrow road sign that points to that direction for the side road, while going at full highway speed with lots of traffic behind me, I decided not to backtrack and just move on and look for a place in Prince George to take a shower since it was an extended scheduled stop for me anyway....

Then 20 minutes later I seen this large sign along the side of the road so I decided to stop here and inquire if they have any shower facilities, which they did :

September 2013 - Brookside Resort and RV Park


This place here only charged $2 for a shower, and quite frankly the whole place seemed like it was a hole in the wall type, so I was prepared to sunbathe as fast as possible upon the price of the shower thinking I get what I pay for....well to my surprise there was actually more than enough hot water provided for the entire world population to take a hot shower here, I think it cost the place more than $2 to run the shower itself with the combined water, electric, and gas that I used...I even brought in my extra towel and wiped all the water and moisture dry and made the shower facility spotless like it was before use, so the staff didn't need to bother with an additional work task just to be considerate.

Once I got freshened up, I stopped inside the building which is a convenient store to buy a few goodies from them before I head back on the road, however I did notice a slot in the wall with a kitchen behind there as well and asked the two women if they operated a snack bar as they replied they did and were still on breakfast menu (nobody else in the place), so I asked if they were too busy with sidework or would I be a nuisance to bother them for breakfast as they told me they were open for business and no bother so I decided to tell them to throw down a menu on me I'll bite in and ordered a deluxe omelet breakfast which cost $8.65 including the dreaded HST....To tell you the truth, that $8.65 breakfast was more like $13.00 GOOD ! that sweet lady prepared, I tipped both staff members $5 each they were so nice while making a splendid breakfast.

As I was toad'n down my grub a few of the locals started showing up and ordering food, as I got the 5 minute intermittent stares as one of the persons finally had the courage to chat with me and asked me the typical 1001 questions of where I was headed, what I do for work, where I was from, how long I lived there, etc....you know, the same type questions any customs officer would ask.

As the guy mentioned to me I was a long ways from home while admiring my old rig, I briefly told him the destinations I taken within Canada alone the past 7 out of 8 years in the same rig, camper everything...they couldn't believe looking at my rig that I even driven all over the Northwest Territories to Yellowknife and back on a 5060 mile round trip, as my current destination was going to be my third consecutive year Banff-Jasper-Kootenay-Yoho area trip as well.

So after eating breakfast, I got invited to the back of the building when another guy I talked to showed me his two sprint car racing projects as they participate in some local area racing.

Everyone at this place was sooooooo nice to me and showed such great hospitality, as long as this place still exists I will always stop here if I am in the area, however the place has been on the sale block as they are trying to sell.

The place is located roughly 40 miles west of Prince George as they don't seem to do a lot of business (at least when I stopped in).

As mentioned in the past posts of the thread there are so many campgrounds, RV parks, and resorts along the Yellowhead Highway route or within reach it's like take your pick.

Other than near roadside overnight stops along Yellowhead Hwy. 16, the only actual campground I stayed at along the route was Prudhomme Provincial Park near Prince Rupert, in which I lucked out upon taking the last site available due to a no show that had a reservation....At least in my experience of the areas I been to along Yellowhead Hwy. 16, every where along the route there shouldn't be too much of an issue for an RV (although Jasper area could be pretty crowded during "peak" tourist season), but the Prince Rupert area could be quite crowded as well which would seem like there isn't enough places for an RV as rest areas in that region aren't shy about showing the many no overnight parking signs.

It won't be deleted. The OP not replying hasn't violated any rules and there has been a couple recommendations that others doing a search might find useful.

2 weeks since the OP posted with no other response from him! In spite of many folks attempting to help but need more info from the OP. Therefore the Moderator should just delete the post!! IMHO.

Dave's RV Park near Vanderhoof, B.C. was quite pleasant. Off the highway a ways so quiet too. No extra cost for the showers BUT internet, strolling through the flower garden and mini-golf were all extra $$. No extra charge for our dogs though.

Really depends entirely upon where along the Yellowhead. From East to West it starts in Winnipeg and ends at Prince Rupert on the Pacific. There are many, many campgrounds and Provincial Parks along the route. Also goes through my town.

Honestly the best $10 I ever spent was to buy the All-Stays Campgrounds app for my iPhone. If you bring up the map, and filter it based on your requirements it will show you any campground, PP, even road side rest stops along the way.

Probably but from where to where??

explorenorth wrote:
The Yellowhead is 2,960 km (1,840 mi) long, running through 4 provinces.

Some folks have no understanding of how big Canada is. OP, just follow me. I'm leaving MD at the end of April. Should be traveling up the Yellowhead towards the end of May. My method is, no reservations but keep & eye open for CGs from about mid afternoon.

No shortage of CGs.

The Yellowhead is 2,960 km (1,840 mi) long, running through 4 provinces.

Hi,

Where did you wish to stop?