8/16 - 8/17: We are in Whitehorse, Yukon. Our truck needs an oil change and we have an appointment at Canadian Tire for service. Also, had a wonderful birthday dinner at Giorgio's, a restaurant that is as good as any in the Napa Valley! We were quite surprised because our eating out adventures have not always been good. We are just spoiled being from Napa and our great restaurants. Tomorrow we are off to the Cassiar Highway. The fire is still going on but we are hopeful.
8/18 - 8/20: We spent the night at Baby Nugget RV Park right before the Cassiar Highway junction (hwy 37). The fire is still raging on both sides of the road and remains closed. Sometimes they open it up with a pilot car, so we are planning on getting in line at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow . . .
Stayed in line for 2-1/2 hours and a no-go for the road today. MAYBE tomorrow. We elected to forget this route, sadly, and headed on down the Alaskan Highway. We really didn't want to drive this again but reportws on the fire do not look longterm so we headed to Liard Hot Springs, staying for a couple of days and enjoying the springs and beautiful park.
8/21/10: Ft. Nelson, BC, Triple "G" RV Park for one night. We stayed here on the way up. Good one-nighter, although their Wi-Fi isn't very good. It's raining AGAIN. We heard that this was the 6th or 7th historically wettest year for Alaska, which would include Northern BC as far as the weather goes. We are looking forward to better weather as we move south.
8/22/10: One night in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Ft. St. John, BC. Another place where we stayed on the way to Alaska. Previously there were 14 rigs in the park with us! Not so m any this time. Nothing exciting in the way of pics so I didn't take any.
8/23/10 -- 8/24/10: Prince George, BC. A long day of driving from Ft. St. John due to road work. We figured we were delayed about an hour because of construction. It's raining . . . again. Gary needs to repair the roll-top on the bed of the truck before we can go anywhere -- a broken bracket -- Planning to leave out of here tomorrow, heading for Quesnel, BC, with a day trip to Barkersville, BC which is an old gold mining town.
8/25/10: Arrived in Quesnel, BC. A very short drive so got here early in time to enjoy the park. We are camped by Dragon Lake, no rain today (yippee!), so just relaxed, read, barbequed and went for a nice long walk. The Wi-Fi isn't too good so no pictures but just wanted to update the blog. We are a couple of days away from the border and I'll post more photos.
8/25/10: Arrived in Quesnel, BC. A very short drive so got here early in time to enjoy the park. We are camped by Dragon Lake, no rain today (yippee!), so just relaxed, read, barbequed and went for a nice long walk. The Wi-Fi isn't too good so no pictures but just wanted to update the blog. We are a couple of days away from the border and I'll post more photos.
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