Leaving Canada...Finally

07 Aug   Dawson Creek to Prince George   252 miles   5 hrs 30 mins

We left Dawson Creek this morning and headed south on Highway 97. It was pretty rainy. The drive to Prince George was real nice, very scenic and good roads to travel on. We're staying at the Walmart here in town, it's pretty nice. We took a walk around the area after we got settled. There's a lot of stores around. We ate at Fatburgers. Real good food, we enjoyed ourselves. Then we walked over to Home Depot because Joe wanted to buy some washers and try to fix our noisy door. For over 3 years now, every time we drove our RV, the door would vibrate and make all

sorts of noise. The lock wasn't working right too. Joe bought 2 washers, spent 45 cents, and that was all it took to fix our noisy door. We couldn't believe it! The door works like new. Now when we drive it's real quiet, can't believe we drove around that long with a noisy door that wouldn't lock easily.

Nice place to go swimming

 08 Aug   Prince George to Clinton   249 miles   5 hrs 25 mins

It was a real nice, scenic drive to Clinton today. I found an RV park in the milepost, Gold Trail RV Park, they advertise a 2013 special, $15 for full hook ups. When we checked in the guy said it was $20. Still a good price and the place was pretty nice.
They advertise a dinner buffet for $9.99 here. You choose your meat, pork steak $9.99, sirloin steak $10.99, salmon $12.99, and they had some others to choose from. But your meat is only 1 serving, the all you can eat was only the sides (potatoes, salads, baked beans, vegs).

Then we each had a water and 1 dessert. Our total was $36.95. I couldn't believe it...an extra $17 for 2 waters and 1 dessert. The guy that owns this place was just real sneaky about how he did things....oh well. That's why we just want to get the hell out of Canada. We should hit the US border tomorrow, kind of anxious for that.

09 Aug   Clinton to Bellingham, Washington   224 miles   7 hrs 55mins

We were pretty anxious to start today. Highway 97 turns into the Trans-Canada Highway 1. We made a stop at Hell's Gate. They have two 25 passenger air trams that takes visitors 500 feet down across the river overlooking Hell's Gate, the narrowest point on the Fraser river. There's a trail to the suspension bridge where you can view the fishways through which millions of salmon pass each year.  Hell's Gate was well named. It was by far the most difficult terrain for construction of both the highway and the railway. The cost was $21 each but well worth it.

Joe on the suspension bridge

We hit the Abottsford - Sumas border crossing at 215pm. It took us 35 minutes to cross. This was the smoothest one for us. The agent was pretty cool. We're so happy to be in Washington. Right before the border, gas was around $5.42 per gallon. As soon as you enter Washington there's a gas station, $3.81 per gallon.

We decided to camp for free at Walmart in Bellingham. We met this canadian couple there. They said they come across the border to fill gas and do their shopping. We noticed a lot of canada license plates all over Bellingham. I guess they all do the same thing.