Unaccustomed as we are to traveling 300 + miles a day, this was a difficult one. Even though the weather was beautiful (sunny and warmer than we have been in ages) and the road was better (Corssiar Highway to the Yellowhead Highway in British Columbia), 376 miles is too long for me. By the time we reached Dave's RV Park in Vanderhoof, I was so ready to stop riding for a while. We had a nice happy hour and a great pork loin dinner then did laundry and off to bed. On the positive side, we saw a moose and a fox beside the road on the way. We also stopped in Houston B.C. to see the World's Largest Fly Fishing Rod. This is a 60 ft. long anodized aluminum rod designed by local fly fishermen. The "fly" is a 21 inch "Skykomish Sunrise".
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| Jackie and her 4- legged traveling companions. |
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| Houston, BC - The World's Largest Fly Fishing Rod. |
Ugh! Another loong day! 333 miles. I do hope that is the last long one for a while! We traveled from Vanderhoof, BC to Cache Creek BC today, and are staying at a very nice campground called The Brookside. There is indeed a brook and also a swimming pool, the first we have seen since we entered Canada back in June. I have not been in a pool yet this year and was determined to go in this one, but a breeze came up and I knew I'd freeze when I got out, so no swimming for me.
It was another day of beautiful weather and for seeing the very different landscapes of this part of British Columbia. The mountains are lower with no snow, there are lots of hay bales in the fields with grazing cattle and horses, more modern towns, and an almost desert - like landscape. We stopped at a rest area for lunch and saw a stone cairn built in 1821 and commemorating Fort Alexandria. This was the last Northwest fur-trading post established west of the Rockies.
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| Cairn commemorating Fort Alexandris |
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| Landscape of SW British Columbia |
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