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Well it was quite a long day. Started from Wildwood Campsite, filled the gas tanks, and were on the road by 8:30. Had a minor mishap leaving the park when Ray did not take a corner wide enough and two dishes went flying out of the cabinet and crashed into a million pieces all over the floor. Luckily it was only two dishes or I would have been sweeping for most of the day! From Wildwood the terrain became very wooded and followed the Fraser River Valley. We soon passed by Mc Leese Lake and a sign that advertised RV sites with boat rentals, and I thought wow we could have had a booze cruise had we stayed there! This highway that we are traveling is the Cariboo highway, although not one caribou was to be seen. In fact, we have not seen any wildlife. We know there are animals here as we have seen them dead on the side of the road. Our first stop was in Quesnel were we stopped at our new favorite store, Wal Mart. We picked up a few more supplies, especially vegetables which we were not allowed to take over the border Quesnel is located
at the confluence of the Fraser and Quesnel rivers. It began as a supply town for miners during the Cariboo gold rush in the 1860's. We then headed towards Prince George. There we were hoping to replenish our wine supply at Costo, but were disappointed to find our they they are not allowed to sell alcohol. We located the statue of Mister "PG", a 26 foot high statue that has been a symbol of the forest industry to this area since it was constucted in 1960. So we pressed onward to a nearby provincial liquor store. We purchased a few more bottles of wine, and we are again on our way. These stops are really time consuming when trying to find parking in crowded parking lots with two 31 foot RV's. You also have to plan ahead for your exit plan, or you end up being boxed in.
We headed west on Rte 16, known as the Yellowhead Highway. The scenery along this stretch of road is not very exciting. is flat, and quite boring. We did notice how almost 90 percent of the homes in this part of the country have some type of trailer or
RV in their yard. Our next stop was in Vanderhoof as the guys needed a stretch break. Ray interestingly decided to stop at an A&W. Of course, we HAD to have a good old fashion root beer float. It had been years since we had one....yum, yum!
We passed by places like Fraser Lake and Francois Lake, both know for good trout fishing, with rainbows to 5 lbs. This area is also mining country, with the Endako mines being the largest molybdenum mine in Canada. Our destination tonight was to be Burns Lake, but after driving miles through back road and unsuccessfully locating the RV park in that town we headed to Houston, BC. We arrived at around 6:00, a lot later than we were hoping to stop for the night, and settled into an RV park called Shady Rest RV Park, that could not have been nicer. Cunningham's came to our place for drinks and apps, and then dinner was served at "Chez Cunningham". We are all quite exhausted from the day of traveling and are heading to bed. Not a lot of pictures to share, as there wasn't much of interest.
Miles - 339
Total
miles - 2492
Wildlife sightings - Lots of signs warning of wildlife ahead and a few dead deer on the roadway.
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