Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Usual morning routine. As we were getting ready to leave, we decided we wanted pix of Lorna and the passing of the mask (I will post). She signed it and put email address on it. After we got in RV, we got idea of passing mask on to other RV women. So, the plan is to create another blog site where you can go when the mask is passed and log in as to when and where you got the mask. Hopefully everyone who gets the mask will post the details. Will be interesting to see how far it will go.

As we got started this a.m., we went for gas and ran into the campground owner. He recommended a couple of scenic spots and Jerry and I decided to go see them. Frank and Barb went on as they had spent a couple of nights in Kitwanga waiting for us and had "done" the town. We couldn't find the hilltop scenic spot he told us about, but did drive through the town and saw some neat totem poles and a wonderful little Anglican Church. Took lots of pix of those.
Kitwanga is surrounded by mountains that have snow on them and are just beautiful. It is a really pretty setting. All the rivers are full to overflowing (there were sandbags around some of the houses on the river) and pretty muddy. The drive itself was great.....however there is horrible infestation of mountain pine beetle here and over 75 million hectares have been killed off....you can see brown hillsides for miles and miles and miles. It is really sad.

Did a stop in Smithers and I picked up a few things at Safeway then on to Moricetown at the canyon and falls there. It was nice, then on to Houston where the world's largest fly rod is on display - over 60 ft. tall. That was unique and Graingers were waiting on us there. Went across to A&W and they all had root beer floats while I had a chicken sandwich meal as it was about 1 p.m and I had had nothing to eat yet today.

This highway (called the Yellowhead Highway) is noted for its lakes and rivers. There is lots of fishing here also. We were looking for RV park to stop for the night and they are few and far between....most towns didn't even have RV park that we found. Finally stopped at one on Lake Fraser - Piper's Glen. It was on the lake and had great views.

There were also boats for rent there. We had an early dinner, then Jerry went to see about renting a boat. We did and got in a 14 ft. aluminum boat w/ an 8 hp motor. Took the dogs and headed out....Jerry headed directly across the lake (did I mention that this lake is MILES long??? It is a really big lake). We made it fine, explored the far shore a bit, then went and saw this little town where kids were jumping off the bridge over the river that was the exit from this lake. Spent a couple of hours on the lake and then back to RV park. Barb and Frank declined to join us, which probably was wise as it was a very small boat. No internet tonite, so games on the computer and a bit of reading, then to bed.