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Wednesday, July 30 - Travel Day Back to USA Day Two (Clinton, BC Canada)

 

We left Vanderhoof at 8:45 this morning.

We ran into some road construction right away, but were only delayed for a few minutes.

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Again today the drive was interesting because there were some towns we went through.

The first one was Prince George with a population of about 70,000. It is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is the "Northern Capital" of BC.

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It was like most larger cities with major stores and restaurants.

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It also had a casino.

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Hixon was next, but it was real small, mostly farm land.

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Quesnel is a small city that is part of the Cariboo District of British Columbia. Located nearly between the cities of Prince George and Williams Lake. It is claimed to be home to the world's largest gold pan, although this is disputed by Nome, Alaska.

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It was a pretty city the streets are lined in flowers.

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We stopped to stretch our legs and Bob and Janet traded spaces and Janet drove for while.

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After driving for about an hours we came to Williams Lake.

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We stopped at a rest stop so B&J could switch drivers again. I took some pictures of old buildings.

A church

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Barns

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More flowers

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About 2:45 we came to our stop for the night in Clinton BC. Gold Trail RV Park.

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It’s a Passport America Park, the cost for FHU with WiFi was $20.

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This arrangement is on our site.

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After setting up we sat outside with a cold beverage. The weather was really warm and sunny. We actually had to use our AC. First time since we left Swift Current.

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It’s an unusual place with about 20 sites. Michael, the owner is loud and quite a jokester.

He has vegetable gardens all over the place with cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, pole beans, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, strawberries, cucumbers, pumpkins, several kinds of lettuce, green onion, and much more.

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He also serves a buffet that is open to the public. We decided to have our dinner there, it was okay.

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We travel again tomorrow.

Tuesday, July 29 - Travel Day Back to USA Day One (Vanderhoof BC, Canada)

 

We left Stewart at 8:45am this morning, which was 15 minutes earlier then our agreed departure of 9am.

We stopped in Vanderhoof, BC Canada at Dave’s RV Park at 4:30pm. Which makes 7 3/4 hours on the road. YUK!

Very nice park if you are in the area.

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We planned to do a rest stop tonight but were unable to find one that allowed overnight camping.

We saw a moose and 2 deer while traveling. We were in the lead so sorry no pictures.

We stopped in Kitwanga to stretch our legs. They were suppose to have totem poles there but we never seen any. There was a nice park there and I got some pictures. Pretty flowers too.

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The drive today was more interesting then most. Lots of small towns.  This town looked like it could be anywhere USA except most towns don’t have a glacier for a view.

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Houston is home of the World's Largest Fly Rod. It was the brainchild of local resident and avid fly fisherman, Warner Jarvis, and was installed on May 5, 1990. The 60 foot long rod is constructed entirely of aluminum and is anodized bronze to simulate graphite. At 800 pounds, with a reel diameter of 36 inches, the rod was machined in six local machine shops, with material and labor contributed by 41 local companies. Fund-raising for the project involved selling shares of the rod, which conferred ownership of one centimeter of the rod to the shareholder. The $5 shares are still available at the Houston Visitor Centre, which displays the rod in Steelhead Park.045

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Once we were set up I warmed leftover for dinner. I did the dished and posted this blog while Jesse went into town to get fuel and pick a few things up at the grocery store.

Until tomorrow have a NICE EVENING!!