Thanks again for the input. We are just in the planning stages, so lots of options yet. We are from Ontario, so we may not start from Kelowna this year. My friends daughter lives there, and he went out in November last year. We are just looking for options. We did the west coast route last year, but with all the rain we had to miss parts of the trip we wanted to see. Dont think we will go that way this year. He may just fly to Kelowna and back to Ontario and start from here. We are not too eager to tackle mountain passes in February. I thought maybe there might be a low route between the two mountain ranges. We hit freezing rain in the higher hills in Washington last year, and all the passes to the west coast were closed due to excessive snow fall including the pass from Kelowna to Vancouver. Thanks again. Love the forum. Just ask and you will soon know if a plan is good or bad.