2010 - July 23 (Day 38) Vanderhoof to Birch Island w/stop at Canadain Tire in Prince George

We followed Jim & Bonnie to the Canadian Tire dealer in Prince George. We bid them farewell with promises all around to meet in Chicago for a weekend sometime soon. The plan was for them to have two new tires mounted on the camper and use the one good one they had left for a spare. They'll let me know how things go, but I don't have Internet here, so I'll let you know when I hear from them.

After we left Jim & Bonnie, we went to a nearby WalMart for groceries, then down the street for gas. We left Prince George on Hwy. 16 and turned onto Hwy 5 at Tete Juane Cache which is where 16 goes over to Jasper, AB. Since Marsha and I have already done that road from Jasper to Banf, we decided to tour BC a bit, so we turned onto Hwy 5 and got as far as Birch Island before we decided to camp for the night. It was 86 degrees at 4:30 when we got here. That's definitely a record high for the trip. Not many pictures today. Didn't see any wildlife. Evidently they don't know about all the "Moose Crossing" signs, etc. that we passed.

Tomorrow, we'll go to Kamloops, then east to catch the ferry from Shelter Bay to Galena Bay. We'll have to look at the map again after that and decide which way we're going in order to get to the Idaho border. We think we'll make our way to Balfour and take the 40 minute ferry ride across Kootenay Lake to Kootenay Bay, but we'll see what the schedule is.

Due to excessive rainfall, and the fact that they're on a well, there's a boil order here in the campground. Luckily, we have been carrying water from the previous night's campground, just in case we had to camp somewhere that has no water. So we're all set for water without having to boil it.

Like I said above, no Internet here, so I'll post this and a few pictures from today when I can. Later!

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