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PT, he and his wife each log into the BC Parks website, which handles campsite reservations for provincial parks, with both a computer and an iPad. Will the friends be able to reserve enough sites for their annual get-together at Manning Park in August?With several devices active, the group usually manages it. De Jager, who’s had his share of thrills in his career as a police officer and 15 years in the army before that, finds it all a bit too nerve-wracking.“This is a whole different kind of stress.”Yet Mr.
- ▪PT, he and his wife each log into the BC Parks website, which handles campsite reservations for provincial parks, with both a computer and an iPad.
- ▪Will the friends be able to reserve enough sites for their annual get-together at Manning Park in August?With several devices active, the group usually manages it.
- ▪De Jager, who’s had his share of thrills in his career as a police officer and 15 years in the army before that, finds it all a bit too nerve-wracking.“This is a whole different kind of stress.”Yet Mr.
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ShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountTed De Jager is well acquainted with the annual spring ritual that often precedes summer camping at national and provincial parks for Canadians across the country.Every year, in early May, the Abbotsford, B.C.-based retired RCMP officer arranges what he jokingly calls a mission control-style set up. A few minutes before 7 a.m. PT, he and his wife each log into the BC Parks website, which handles campsite reservations for provincial parks, with both a computer and an iPad.
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