They drive like a bat our of hell around here anyway, and knowing how I drive, that is saying something!! We saw a lot of those glacial ice things like we have up on Turnagin Arm at home.

They are that turquoise color from the glacial silt and just beautiful and bigger than what we have. We pulled off @ Windy Point and they filled Dustys coffee mug up for free. That was a very nice thing to do.

We got into Prince George @ 6pm. We had called ahead to the South Park RV Park, which is about 4 miles south of the main town. The gentleman said just to pull into space #1, and he would catch up with us in the am. When we got there, he was just leaving for a meeting, and was there to walk ahead of us to show us where to hook up and just a real nice man, about our age. His place is absolutely beautiful. The man and his wife that own it are just so friendly and nice, and they run it completely without any employees, doing all the work themselves. He marked a map of the town for us and for Dusty to get the part for the generator, gave us a coupon for $2 off a meal at Cariboo Steak and Seafood, which was terrific. They spell caribou , cariboo all over Canada and it cracks me up.,

March 2, 2004

(Geo)I did 6 loads of wash today and the laundry room and showers were as clean as any I have ever been in,. Good machines too, Maytags. It costs 2 Loonies ($1 dollar in Canadian and have a loon printed on the back, + 2 quarters to wash and one Loonie and 2 quarters to dry. The sun was out and it was just beautiful. I sat out on the steps a couple of times in the sun and had a cigarette and read my novel. Downstairs from the laundry room are the showers, men on one side and women on the other. They are also spotlessly clean, and all the hot water you can use with no coin operation at all. I finished reading my novel, #1 in a trilogy, and vacuumed, cleaned the bathroom and took a 2 hr. nap. Dusty got the parts he needed and fixed our generator, took the Saturn down to the carwash, got a few groceries we needed, then took me out to dinner at the place the owner recommended. It was wonderful, a real nice salad bar went with the meal, and I had lobster & baked potato, broccoli, cauliflower, plus fruit off of the salad bar for dessert. The lobster tail dinner was only $21.95 here.

We went back to the motor home, went down and showered, Dusty watched cable while I was writing this. We decided to spend another night here in Prince George. It is just a nice relaxed break, sunny and warm, they have spaces for 75 RVs and a 5 acre dog walk, which I took twice today. Once by myself with the dogs and once with Dust. Casey and Sammie loved it. They even had little boxes on a post that said "Dog Poo only", no human garbage.

Wednesday March 3, 2004

(Geo) Got going at 9:30 this am. It was 22 degrees and snowing. We would really recommend this place, South Park RV to anyone traveling with an RV or trailer. They have connections everywhere for just about anything you would need, from repairs to having your nails done, places to eat and visit. They also have propane for sale there and full hookups. We got gas and propane at Williams Lake at 1:10 pm.

We couldnt find another RV park this time, so stayed in a pullout again. Got there at 6 pm. I drove for an hour and ½ and feel more comfortable each time I drive it. Then I took a 2 hr nap on the sofa.

Had bacon, eggs, and pancakes for supper, and it was great. It is raining and 35 degrees @ 11pm tonight. We watched the movie "Lost in Translation" with Bill Murray, odd, but ok. Dusty went to bed at 11 and made it at midnight, stuck back in the next novel of the trilogy. I sleep like a baby in this bed, never even turn over. We have truly been blessed.

Thursday, March 4, 2004

(Geo) Rollin @ 8:10 am, foggy and 37 degrees. Right away went through Hells Gate Tunnel, then there was Grandmas Tunnel Café, lots of truckers there so figured the food must be good. The tunnel was all lit up & pretty cool. Then we went through Alexandria Tunnel, a longer one. They cut these tunnels straight through rock mountains, and it is such a beautiful place with such gorgeous trees, very unlike the scrub spruce on the Kenai Peninsula. All deep green trees and mountain peaks, a little bit of snow, but not much. The train tracks were at the bottom of the canyon and we could hear them during the night and it was wonderful, especially since we dont have any trains on our end of the Peninsula, an I kind of miss the sounds.

We then came upon a terrible accident, a semi with a load of lumber, double trailers, looked like the cab had turned over, but the trailers merely lost all of their lumber and part of the truck and lumber was on fire. Lots of Mounties, ambulances etc. Really makes you think, there are more trucks on the roads in Canada than I have ever seen in my life, and I imagine they can get complacent or have driven too many miles and get too tired. I prayed for everyone involved, but couldnt tell if any other vehicle was involved or not.

Salve Bar and Saddle Rock Tunnels were next, then Yale tunnel and the small town of Yale, B.C. on the Frasier River. This was a very old historic town and one of the prettiest forests we have seen for awhile. Passed Lake in the Woods, store, gas etc. but a beautiful lake. The Frasier River was quite wide @ Hope, BC. We saw the first Dairy Queen since leaving Soldotna, Ak. And of course there were Subway, Wendys, McDonalds etc. There are tons of A & Ws all over Canada. It reminds me of when I was a teenager an worked at the one in Butte, on roller skates of all things. I made tons of tips and the boys loved to come to the drive in and hit on us girls. Of course, we loved it.

At this point we were on a divided highway, 2 lanes on each side, with a grass meridian strip between and nice wide shoulders. It is much easier to drive this type of road with a wide body RV. Passed through Chilliwack, & saw a place called "Ugly Trucks Unlimited".J

Next came a junk yard called "Pick A Part" with a really cool, cherry pink car on top of the sign.

We entered the good old USA @ Sumas, WA., established in 1891 & got there at 10:25 am. They checked all of our paperwork, picture IDs, birth certificates, Health Certificates for both of the dogs @ the Border, and inquired where we got our dog food, which was Science Diet from our Vet. It is very nice to be back in our own country and see the sign that said, "Welcome to Washington, the Evergreen State". Thank the Lord we made the Alcan without any problems. We went through Lynden, WA., lots of farmland and some of the oldest barns along the side of the road that are literally falling down, rotted out and no one does anything about it. It looks so trashy in that beautiful land.

We stopped at Safeway to get one of my scripts refilled and pick up a few groceries we needed, and some donuts we didnt need, ha. This store was only 2 years old and absolutely the nicest Safeway stores I have ever seen, and so clean and everything so clearly marked. We bought our lunch at the deli and took it out to the RV to eat. Then I took the dogs out for a run, as there was a nice place for them.

Dusty hooked up his GPS and put in where we were going, and it told us the info back, then said press go and start driving. I am so proud of how he has been able to utilize this amazing program on his laptop and in his Bayliner. About 5 miles not to I-5. He found Majestic Mobile Manor and RV park in his Trailer Life book, I called ahead and they said to come on in. This in in Puyallup, where Dustys first cousin Mary and her husband John Williams live. He hasnt seen her for many years. Northern Washington is really quite beautiful, and we really enjoyed seeing Lacey and Olympia when Wendy and Jason were in the service at Fort Lewis a few years ago too. This trip has been so much fun and both of us are so excited about seeing more of our own country, seeing our relatives we have not seen in so many years, and not having to have any type of schedule We got to Majestic RV Park at 4:10 pm and it it was like summer for us, 67 degrees, the sun is out and the flowing plums, cherry, and apple trees were in bloom.

I washed a load of clothes, washed the outside of the windows, and Dusty got our tanks cleaned out, got us hooked up to sewer and now we can have running water since we dont have to worry about it freezing up now. Life is good. We took the dogs out to the dog run here, and had showers, very clean place and lots of hot water. We will spend the night tonight and maybe tomorrow night also, then go down to my son Toms in Tigard, OR. Outside of Portland. Then on to Florence, OR to see Dustys half brother again, and down to California. We will not be able to see my cousin Leonard and his wife Leslie until we are on the way back because they have plans that conflict with the time we got here. I also cooked a turkey breast tonight, so we can have more variety in our meals and for sandwiches. It is 11 pm and Dusty has taken the dogs out for their final jaunt for the night. I love this trip and I love this motor home. Thank you Lord for this special time together, and for our safety.

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