Michael, Mark and Reil,
Thanks for those suggestions. Finding lodging may be our limiting factor/resource. We had similar limitations in Indonesia (lodging) and the Australia Outback (lodging and fuel).
Missing the scenery in national parks b y not going the conventional routes was the tradeoff that concerned us. The ferry option from Vancouver Island is tempting.
We'll check those routes and suggestions against the map and see if we can plan a good compromise. Will return with any follow-up questions.
Thanks again for the great input.
John and Geraldine
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