To Vancouver

We left Vanderhoof on Thursday morning for the short trip to Prince George. First on the agenda in PG was a stop at Costco for groceries and supplies. Of course, Costco doesn’t stock everything, so stop #2 was a large grocery store called, “The REAL Canadian Superstore”. It was a very large store, and the ladies were able to fill their needs. The next stop was for fuel, and we stopped at a Shell station that is affiliated with Flying J, a large truck stop chain in the US. That’s important, ‘cause by showing our Flying J cards, we got a 3¢ per liter discount, or $1.299 per liter. The conversion resulted in an equivalent price of $4.91 per gallon, the first time we’ve paid less than $5 per gallon since mid-July.

Once leaving Prince George, we headed south to Quesnel for the night. We stayed near here on the way north and visited Barkerville while we stayed in the area. This time we spent the night at Robert’s Roost RV Park. It’s on the shore of a pretty lake, (Dragon Lake) and as usual, we had lakefront sites. Lots of ducks and geese were on the lake, but, WATCH YOUR STEP! There was goose poop all over the lawn.

Friday was our longest travel day in a long while. If you’ve followed this blog, you know that we don’t often spend more than 4 or 5 hours traveling per day. This day, however, was the exception; 275 miles from Quesnel to Boston Bar. And of course, this was the day that Debbie decided she wanted to drive. It was not a difficult drive, but by the time we reached camp, she decided she was really tired! We stayed in the same campground as on the way north, exactly three months earlier.

Saturday was a short travel day; only about three hours to Vancouver. We stopped along the way for a couple of hours at Minter Gardens, a 32 acre garden similar to the more well-known Butchart Gardens in Victoria. It was a blaze of color and we enjoyed our stop. Before leaving we grabbed a bite to eat in their café; very good.

We arrived in Vancouver mid-afternoon, and after settling in our RV Park which is right next to Lions Gate Bridge and across the inlet from downtown. LaVan took his car and explored possible dinner alternatives, since the gals had said, in no uncertain terms, that they were on strike and weren’t gonna cook! He found a really good restaurant in the shopping mall nearby, and we enjoyed an excellent dinner.

Sunday brought rain and more rain. The ladies decided to explore the mall, and the guys used the wet ground to hide the fact that they washed some of the grime from the motorhomes since the park rules said, No Vehicle Washing! A bucket of water, a brush and let the rain do the rest was our game. It’s supposed to be better weather on Monday, so we’ll start seeing the sights then.

Until the next time, have a great day!