Day 25 July 26, 2025 Vanderhoof British Columbia to 100 Mile House British Columbia 270 miles
The clouds this morning are absolutely incredible. They are huge white puffy shapes. The sky directly overhead is mixed clouds and blue sky.
A deer jumped over the barrier and ran across the road in front of us. Not close enough for concern thankfully. Rob did honk the horn at it. That might have hurried it along.
We went through an area where rain was falling. Thankfully it didn’t last long. The passing trucks put out a lot of spray and help wash away some of the mud from the Dempster Highway.
One section of road is being resurfaced. Nobody seems to be working today so the flaggers and pilot cars aren’t there.
We noticed several saw mills along the way. Sure is a lot of logs and lumber stacked up. Makes you wonder why it costs so much at home. (Unknown excise taxes?) Thousands of board feet just sitting there.
We went through the town of Quesnel. The sidewalks are lined with beautiful petunias. Flower baskets hang from the buildings.
We stopped for lunch at one of the rest areas. One lady came over with her dog to talk. The dog is a working service dog but not on duty. He sure likes to be petted.
We see more livestock. One yard had a pen full of turkeys. Rob tried to say they were wild turkeys but I don’t think wild turkeys are white.
We checked into the hotel and then went in search of the laundromat. We missed it the first time, but eventually got there. Another customer gave us clues as to the best machines to use. We loaded up the washing machine which cost $8.00 CA ($5.84 US). I have never heard such noise. I thought the building was coming apart. The dryer cost $2.00 CA ($1.46 US). We loaded up and returned to the hotel to eat our leftover pizza. Pizza two nights in a row. It was good but not as good as Flying Pie Pizza in Boise.
The car ran fine today with the exception of the transmission. Now it grinds a little when you downshift from 3rd to 2nd. At least it is not sticking in 3rd. We do have a cracked headlight lens and a couple of new rock hits on what used to be a new radiator. Oh, and a couple of very small rock hits on the windshield.
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