I'm glad everyone came out of the experience alright.
How many times have we heard this or something similar:
"...decided to follow an alternate route suggested by their satellite navigation system."
I wonder if it would be better to omit logging and fire roads at least as far as suggested routes in consumer satellite navigation systems. It seems to get a lot of people into trouble.
The town of Bamfield is only accessible by logging road..Iirc, there are 3 different routes in and this was obviously not the best for a bus...
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