Here we are, at it again, going wherever the snow and weather takes us. This time feeling like van veterans. View from our window as we drove into British Columbia Some key takeaways from last year: Pack less clothes, 2 of everything is enough except underwear Everyone wants to talk about van batteries Tea with honey is a must on backcountry ski days Drying gear in a small space is an art and a skill You can make a turkey dinner on one burner If you want to get away from people, just keep driving north We left Lyme, NH on New Year's Eve. What better way (for us) to spend New Year's Eve; no champagne, no big parties, no ball dropping. We just had the wide open road in front of us and some good pod casting, snacking, and truck stopping. Forty three hours later we were in British Columbia, our treasured winter paradise. We started in the town of Nelson, where we spent a few days getting back into the groove again. After this, we had the good fortune of staying in two backcoun