It was a great day for the short, 50 KM drive to Golden Ears Provincial Park. We started out on Highway 1 and then crossed the Golden Ears bridge which was completed nine years ago. I don't think we had ever traversed the structure since its opening. I recall taking the old ferry across the river though. The bridge no longer requires a toll.
This 560 square kilometer park is one of the closest to the urban metro-Vancouver area. We knew its campgrounds would be full and read signs stating so as we approached the entrance. We drove through the Alouette Lake Campground at an impressively slow speed because of the dozens of tots running around on bicycles and on foot. It looked to us as though city people like to bring the city with them on their trips into the 'wilderness'.
Kimchi, our EV, is a pleasure to drive. The adaptive cruise control works as well on backroads as on an expressway. In stop-and-go traffic coming back on Route 7, the Kona came to a complete stop as traffic slowed and halted at lights. My gentle touch on the accelerator pedal brought everything back into action and we resumed our journey. If there is one disappointing thing about the Hyundai, it's a poorly implemented GPS map system. The voice commands could not identify the park, one of the main features of the area! I much prefer plugging in my phone and using Android Auto for road mapping.