First Day May 23, 2006

We left home at 8:35, emptied the holding tank, stopped at Bakers Cookies in Bellingham to stock up on breakfast cookies. Crossed into Canada at 10:30. Bought our permit to take the shotgun with us ($25 canadian) and were on our way. Drove 340 miles today and we are parked at Fir Crest RV Park just north of Lac La Hache, B.C. ($25). Followed the Fraser River to around Cache Creek then it went west and we more north. We will pick it up again later. It was cloudy to sunny and dry all day, very little traffic and beautiful roads. Lots of water falls around Abbotsford - reminded us if I-90 on the west side. North of Hope the terrain started changed to the dryer climate and lots of tunnels. About 45 miles south of Cache Creek more like central Washington then as we climbed to around 4,000 feet we were back in the pines and birch. Looks as though this area had a forest fire in the last couple of years. Gas has been from $1.12.8 to 1.14.8 per litre. Tomorrow is Prince George and north.