Ponderings from a week-long Canadian camper trip

[cilla4progress]

1. Not a whisp of litter on the highways- compare to nauseating US highways! Their littering fines are much higher.

2. i saw one truck with 2 Canadian flags on the back - you know, like Murkan Taliban flags.

3. I saw no political rantings / "Let's Go Justin" banners. And this is a country with diverse populations!

4. Everyone we encountered was friendly, some talkative. Sense of bustling economy, also a complaint about prices.

5. Lots of recognition of First Nations, though don't know how deep it runs.

These folks seem to grasp the preciousness of what rhey have. This was on Vancouver Island.

[maxsolomon]

1. we just got back from 2 weeks in Jasper/Banff

Canada has way less trash.

You're right; no political shit either.

[cilla4progress]

2. We were going to go there

but re-routed to coast due to smoke there!

How did you find it ‐ smoky?

Sorry to say, but, US is a shithole country. If only for electing tfg prez.

[Srkdqltr]

3. Of course there is no political stuff. You were out of the US.

Did you really expect to see US politics there?

[Sky Jewels]

6. Huh? The poster was talking about not seeing signs of Canadian political division.

[Srkdqltr]

9. Ok I misunderstood

[Sky Jewels]

12. Okay

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. I would say your observations are valid for exactly where you saw them and would caution against

extrapolating them to the entire country.

[cilla4progress]

5. Yes...

Alberta?

[Sky Jewels]

7. We go up to stunningly beautiful BC a few times a year.

At the end of the trip we always hate to leave "civilization," as we refer to it, and drive back down over the border into Dumbfuckistan Gunmurika.

[cilla4progress]

8. Zactly.

Washington residents, then?

[Sky Jewels]

13. Oregon.

We visit our daughter, who lives in spectacular Vancouver.

[cilla4progress]

14. She lives in Vancouver, CA?

I'd love for our daughter to go to grad school up here .. and get residency!

[Sky Jewels]

16. Yes!

She went to "uni" there and is on track to get permanent residency for grad school. She's had an absolutely wonderful experience.

Affordable excellent higher education -- I remember when the US had that, before the Reagan came along and Republicans started systematically destroying everything good about the USA.

[Victor_c3]

10. I went on a trip like that in the early 90's with my grandfather

We went up to Maine, took a ferry across to Nova Scotia then drove up through Quebec, and back home to New York.

I was 13 years old at the time and I remember seeing my first full-nude girl and it absolutely blew my mind. At the campsite we were staying, they had a pool and a group of French-Canadian girls my age were swimming there with me and my 12 year old brother. When they were done swimming, they simply stripped their bathing suits off on the patio, dried off, and got dressed right in front of us like it was no big deal.

This was before the Internet and I only had a brother so I had no idea about female anatomy.

That is, hands down, my greatest childhood memory.

[Nevilledog]

11. First deposit into the Spank Bank?

[Bayard]

15. I always wanted to visit the Western side of Canada

It looks beautiful. I love the mountains.

I've been to Ottawa and Hull.

[KentuckyWoman]

17. My fav Canada story

I was a stupid American unable to operate a modern self service gas pump in French. I was trying to google the words to translate but it took too long and the pump gave up the transaction before I could respond.

Another customer took the time to notice my trouble and showed me what to push on the pump to make it give me instructions in English.

Wherever he is now I hope people are making his life wonderful.

[Kaleva]

18. I see similiar here in Upper Michigan

Very little, if any trash, on the sides of roads. People are friendly. Once in awhile while driving on sees a home with a Trump sign or flag.

[llmart]

19. I spent a week in Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island.

I had the same experience. The kids were polite, there was no litter, everyone was friendly and polite. The kids didn't seem very materialistic. Also, the houses weren't monstrosities; just smaller homes with neat little yards and just about everyone had flowers in window boxes and flower beds in the front yard which I loved. Obviously I was there in the summer months. Living in Michigan, I've been across the border many times, sometimes just to try a new restaurant. They had quite a few smaller, family owned restaurants where you just got an amazing meal but not a ton of mediocre food.

I'd live in Canada in a heartbeat if I wasn't old. I didn't know much about Canada when I was younger and had never been there. My stepsister married a guy who got transferred to Alberta and she moved there and never came back except for a visit or two. She absolutely loved living there and ended up in British Columbia running a bed and breakfast.