The Gray Day #1 (or if you prefer Dylan, Rainy Day Woman #11)
Leaving our campsite at Charlie Lake Provincial Park under an overcast sky foreshadowed the rain that would follow us all day and into the evening. It was a tough drive. The road for the first 150 miles in the rain was heavy with truck traffic. And the surface varied from pretty decent to very rough. Then it got better and worse. The truck traffic eased up a bit but the rain increased and the road surface, well in places you had to just hope you were actually on the road. Up one mountain - who knew there would be more mountains in Northern BC? - they had just done fresh gravel, very thick fresh gravel and we were on an 8% grade up 6.7 K and an 8% grade down 6.7 K. A bit tense. The rain never stopped today.
We broke up the trip by buying a small Strawberry Rhubarb pie @ Shepherds Inn & eating half of it for lunch. Delicious. We stopped at the visitor center in Fort Nelson. It was really nice. Good WiFi, free coffee, nice place to work, clean & right on the highway. The staff, Sandra, was very helpful. We also managed to find Tetsa River Services. They were featured on the Food Channel for their cinnamon rolls. We will let you know later if they are really worth the publicity. We ended the day at Poplars Campground near Toad Creek. We are the only people in the place so we are dry camping but in a great pull-through slot so I did not get too wet setting up. We first thought we would stay at the Rocky Mountain Lodge ($10 dry camp). It looked like Freddy from Elm street would pick a different place, too creepy. Oh, we did see a bear, that is number 5 for the statisticians reading the site. I’ll get more photos from today’s post up later today or tomorrow - WiFi barely works here and won’t load a photo.
Cadillac’s Most Correct Viewpoint
What a day. I guess the guides did Ok for we kept moving and there seems to be only one road so the Driver did not get lost. I would not doubt with one road he COULD get lost yet I see the occasional sign that says we are on the correct road. Still we are not in Alaska quite yet. Disappointment. Maybe tomorrow. Nothing dramatic happened today and BdB slept for hours, I think the Giant Creature exhausted him. Not even the occasional grunt. Hmmm. I almost forget I did meet the lovely and charming Sandra who immediately adored me. We had a lovely chat over tea and she invited me back anytime. I think she owned a town, cause she knew everything. Clearly she was the Leader. I would like to own a town like she does! Maybe she could help get Moose Rights in her town? I will ask after I finish with the Alaska Rallies
