Day 6 July 7, 2025 Prince George British Colombia to Smithers British Columbia 233 miles
It’s very cloudy this morning with a 40% chance of rain this afternoon. The windshield wiper is not installed so Rob put RainEx on the windshield. Turned out to be a very good move because we had rain by mid morning. Not real hard but enough we were thankful for the RainEx.
We saw a Dollar Tree on our way out of town so we stopped to see if they had some cookies like home. It was a big store but very few cookies. Most items are $1.75. They didn’t have the cookies we like nor did they have the cinnamon licorice.
Lots of big logging trucks are going the opposite direction. Not sure where they are going but one goes by about every ten minutes. They have three trailers full. All the logs appear to be cut the same length.
Connie saw one deer down in the tall grass in the barrow pit. The grass was as tall as the deer. It looked like a log or something until it moved its head. We also saw a lone black bear beside the railroad tracks. Didn’t get pictures of either one.
A tow truck is on our side of the road preparing to get a car that was off the side of the road. The car had rolled several times but we could not see the full extent of the damage.
We came into one town that greeted us with the world’s largest fishing rod. Must be good fishing nearby. We have certainly seen lots of lakes and rivers. No mosquitoes yet but there is still time.
We stopped once for gas about 11:30 and bought ice cream. That turned out to be lunch. It was a tasty lunch.
Found our lodging at about 3:00 pm. A group of four motorcyclists arrived at the same time. They are on their way home from the Dempster Highway. They don’t think we will have a problem. Little did they know about all the parts we carry along.
Tonight was laundry night. The motel doesn’t have any but the laundromat is not far away. It costs $6.00 CA per load. Sure glad we only have one load. The dryer costs $0.25CA for 2 minutes. So that makes it $4.39 US to wash.
So far, everyone that we have met have been very friendly. No hostility towards US citizens. However, we have been told that there have been protests about Trump and his outrageous policies.
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