5/26/15 - British Columbia

Day 1-2 Seattle - rest and restock!

Day 3 - Crossed the border into Abbottsford BC, Canada on 5/26 at 4:30pm with about a half hour delay at customs.

Stayed at Anderson Creek Campground near Boston Bar, BC

Camped on the Fraser River – private campground between 2 railroad tracks. Thank God we took a site with electric, because the trains went through every half hour all night long. The fan in the A/C is wonderful white noise. The drive through Frazer canyon was spectacular. 

Photo is from the campground in the riverside camp area:

Day 4 – We left Anderson Campground headed north on RT 97. A number of the towns are named after distance markers on the old Caribou Waggon trail. We had lunch in a nice Swiss Restaurant in a town called “100 mile House”. We stopped around 3:30pm at Lazy Daze Campground in Quesnel BC. It is located on 10 Mile Lake. Our site was located next to the lake – beautiful sunset around 9:30pm, Spectacular morning – sunrise was at 5am. The owners Don and Barb were great. The property was well maintained with nice facilities. Pay showers – 2 minutes for a looney, but well worth it!

Photo is of Laurie reading by the lake:

Day 5 – We left Lazy Days after a leisurely morning hanging at the lake. Since it was National Hamburger day in our homeland, we stopped at West Lake Provincial Park (just west of Prince George), and had green chile cheeseburgers. We made it a short day and stayed in the town of Burns Lake in the Spirit Square Municipal Park. Many towns in BC have campgrounds that are free to tourists, this was one of them. Great park with lots of exercise equipment for both adults and kids.

And they had Pickle Ball, which they played indoors on the curling rink when curling was not in season!

Photo is the view from the campground at Burns Lake:

Day 6 – Stopped at a Mennonite Bakery on the way out of town. Laurie got a piece of Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, a Rhubarb muffin and a bran muffin for Scott. Next stop was for lunch - another bakery in Hazelton BC called Skeena Bakery. Organic bakery that was started and remains focused on providing training and employment for people with disabilities:

After lunch we turned onto the Cassiar Highway (RT 37) and headed north once again. This is a very remote road. We did see a black bear dining on the side of the road. We stopped at Meziadin Lake Provincial Park – it is a beautiful park with magnificent views. Campsites are located right on the edge of the lake.

We opted to move on because the mosquito were really bad. Little did we know that they would be just as bad or even worse at Bell 2 Lodge and Campground. The town is named after the second crossing of the Bell River. The facility has everything including millions of hungry mosquitos. They really know how to infiltrate the camper.

Scott in his hiking hat with mosquito netting.  We both wore these to sleep that night:

If the Mosquitos don't suck us dry, we will post more in a few days....