This morning we were able to take our time and not leave the campground until 10. We are on Pacific time now and when we get to Alaska will be on Alaska time. Prince George is fairly large and has some mechanics on duty. One of the great things about caravanning is having the help of your WM and TG when you have problems. Several of our group have had some mechanical problems and the WM has called ahead for appts. with mechanics for them. One guy blew a gasket just as he got parked at our last campground in Valemont. The mechanic here promised to work overnight on it and said the part would be in this AM and he would be ready to roll about 1 this afternoon. Talk about good timing. I am writing this in parts, with the first half started before we leave Valemont and have WiFi, so hopefully this all works out for us.
Did I tell you we have an 89 year old traveling with her daughter and son-in-law. She can walk a little and goes up and down the RV steps with help. Uses a wheelchair for other activities and is still very bright. We all just love her. She loved the icefields but didn't try to walk on them (thank goodness). We all laugh and say we have a hard time keeping up with her. I would love to think I can be that active and alert at 89! That's all the news for this morning. More later when we get to Dawson Creek as we won't have free WiFi till then.
Arrived at Prince George around 4 after stopping in the little town of McBride. It was like most of these towns--about 4 blocks square. It did have an old train terminal that had the neatest local arts and crafts and a little coffee shop. Our little mini-caravan (Carlisles, Adams and Collins) ate lunch there. Afterwards, across the street some of the Mennonite community had a small Farmer's market. Bruce walked off with 2 sacks full of baked goods. Thank goodness we had just eaten and while it looked great, we behaved. One of the few times. After that we headed straight to the campground.
I took Rudy to the dog walk the owner was so proud of and Rudy and I both were nervous wrecks. He had taken his tractor and made a track about 5'wide and it made a complete circle. The problem was it was in the woods and we didn't know how long it was. I kept thinking I surely had to be getting close to the end and was afraid if I turned back, I would have been almost at the end and not known it. Anyway, I just knew there were bears, moose, whatever. Rudy was practically running and so was I. Lesson learned--don't go down wooded paths by yourself !!!
Finally back at the campground, we had our driver's meeting. All of our people finally arrived and we were all clapping and saying "Yay" Maddie Adams, Bruce Collins and Denny and I did a quick trip to the Canadian Superstore and boy was it. I could have spent 2 hrs there. The biggest grocery dept. I have ever seen! We stocked up on some steaks, chicken and fish to grill out.
This time change and so much daylight, has my body so out of whack. We close our curtains at 10 PM. It is still fully daylight and we are not even close to Alaska yet.
I have been so tired that I haven't even pulled the extra blackout curtains yet. OH by the way, when we went to bed we had a rude awakening. There was a wet spot that went thru the blanket, sheets, foam mattress and left a wet spot about 24" in diameter. Bother! We had to get up and stip the bed and lay everything all over the floors to dry. It appears the a/c over our bed froze up and leaked somehow. I just knew Rudy had done it, but if he did an area that big, he is a mighty dog :-)
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