We spent the night at an A&W/gas station in Cache Creek, BC. This was our first long run on the generator. We used it for about half the night and it worked great. We awoke to the smell of rancid grease they had just dumped in the dumpster next to us. Yummy, just in time for breakfast! Hey it was free, so how much can we complain???
Cache Creek is a little town with lots of trucks pulling though. We stopped inside the gas station and found some Nestle candy. The packaging is different but unwrapped it tastes the same. We are driving through many small towns and they all have one thing in common. There are many with old cars in the yards. The kind of cars we like too. Now we know where to shop when looking for more vehicles to add to our collection which is now down to 6.
The road we are on is twisting between mountain passes following the valley. Trees are just beginning to awake from winter, the birds are flying in the air, and the water is crisp blue. The views are spectacular. As we continue on we hit a sheet of snow. The snow is flying almost horizontal and hitting hard. You could stand on one side of the road and not a snow flake is falling. The other side is getting covered with the stuff. About 2 miles up the road it is clear again. Then it was sunny blue skies with huge white fluffy clouds in the distant.
After lunch we gained elevation and hit some rain. As we drive on we enter snow covered country. It is very calm and the stillness is relaxing as we drive on.
There are more lumber mills than you can shake a stick at (no pun intended) with logs piled for blocks or pulp. We are also in the capitol of hand made log cabins country. We can see them building the homes, taking them back down and the trucks taking the homes off to the new location.
We see a lot of Dairy Queens and A&W. Diesel is about 106.9 a liter in Canadian currency. Brad’s job has been to convert the liters to gallons and then Canadian to US currency. Each time he does he tries to walk me through it. I am hoping he gets the hint that I don’t nor do I want to understand it. He does it so why do I need to confuse myself?
XM Satellite is working but gets a little fuzzy when we are in valleys or in tunnels. We have also realized that Radio Disney plays the same 5 songs, over and over and over and over. This is the girls’ favorite station and they ask to listen to it at least once a day. We try to avoid it but have to give in as we are out numbered (Zac jumps on their side too).
We pulled into Prince George and saw a Flying J with diesel for 92.6 cents per liter. No I don’t know what it works out to per gallon. So we top off for grand total of $184 in Canadian and again I don’t know what that converts to. We are on our way out of town and guess what we see….a Starbuck’s in Prince George. Of course we gotta, so Brad whips the RV around and we journey into get our first Starbucks out of the USA. We are in a college town so everyone is young. The girl working behind the counter kept saying, “Right on” and “For sure” as I explain our drinks. AHHH….coffee and sugar.
There was not as much traffic North of Prince George. We have seen some large snow drifts and a lot of water. I mean a lot with lakes and rivers on both sides of the road. As we headed north out of Prince George most of the lakes are still frozen. Snowmobiles are very popular in this part of the country as there are tracks every where. We see some deer but that’s about it for wildlife.
We are stopping just south of Mackenzie for the night. Kenzie is beyond excited. She still remembers eating at a restaurant when she was almost four called McKenzie. We found a little gas station where the lady working is letting us shower for $2/adult and the kids free (Canadian price) so, “Yee Haw” cheap for us. It is set up as a bunk house for logging workers. It was a very clean facility and she is letting us boon dock in the parking lot for free too. If you are driving in BC please stop in and give her the business. She is very nice and even says, “Right on” too. It is called Windy Point Inn.
Cache Creek is a little town with lots of trucks pulling though. We stopped inside the gas station and found some Nestle candy. The packaging is different but unwrapped it tastes the same. We are driving through many small towns and they all have one thing in common. There are many with old cars in the yards. The kind of cars we like too. Now we know where to shop when looking for more vehicles to add to our collection which is now down to 6.
The road we are on is twisting between mountain passes following the valley. Trees are just beginning to awake from winter, the birds are flying in the air, and the water is crisp blue. The views are spectacular. As we continue on we hit a sheet of snow. The snow is flying almost horizontal and hitting hard. You could stand on one side of the road and not a snow flake is falling. The other side is getting covered with the stuff. About 2 miles up the road it is clear again. Then it was sunny blue skies with huge white fluffy clouds in the distant.
After lunch we gained elevation and hit some rain. As we drive on we enter snow covered country. It is very calm and the stillness is relaxing as we drive on.
There are more lumber mills than you can shake a stick at (no pun intended) with logs piled for blocks or pulp. We are also in the capitol of hand made log cabins country. We can see them building the homes, taking them back down and the trucks taking the homes off to the new location.
We see a lot of Dairy Queens and A&W. Diesel is about 106.9 a liter in Canadian currency. Brad’s job has been to convert the liters to gallons and then Canadian to US currency. Each time he does he tries to walk me through it. I am hoping he gets the hint that I don’t nor do I want to understand it. He does it so why do I need to confuse myself?
XM Satellite is working but gets a little fuzzy when we are in valleys or in tunnels. We have also realized that Radio Disney plays the same 5 songs, over and over and over and over. This is the girls’ favorite station and they ask to listen to it at least once a day. We try to avoid it but have to give in as we are out numbered (Zac jumps on their side too).
We pulled into Prince George and saw a Flying J with diesel for 92.6 cents per liter. No I don’t know what it works out to per gallon. So we top off for grand total of $184 in Canadian and again I don’t know what that converts to. We are on our way out of town and guess what we see….a Starbuck’s in Prince George. Of course we gotta, so Brad whips the RV around and we journey into get our first Starbucks out of the USA. We are in a college town so everyone is young. The girl working behind the counter kept saying, “Right on” and “For sure” as I explain our drinks. AHHH….coffee and sugar.
There was not as much traffic North of Prince George. We have seen some large snow drifts and a lot of water. I mean a lot with lakes and rivers on both sides of the road. As we headed north out of Prince George most of the lakes are still frozen. Snowmobiles are very popular in this part of the country as there are tracks every where. We see some deer but that’s about it for wildlife.
We are stopping just south of Mackenzie for the night. Kenzie is beyond excited. She still remembers eating at a restaurant when she was almost four called McKenzie. We found a little gas station where the lady working is letting us shower for $2/adult and the kids free (Canadian price) so, “Yee Haw” cheap for us. It is set up as a bunk house for logging workers. It was a very clean facility and she is letting us boon dock in the parking lot for free too. If you are driving in BC please stop in and give her the business. She is very nice and even says, “Right on” too. It is called Windy Point Inn.
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Hey Jill, Just checkin' in to see how the trip is going. We are missing you bunches. Hope all is going smoothly. I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to get together before you left. I was sad. Keep in touch.
Donna
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