THE WEATHER: Hot dry day. Temps in the 80’s.
DISTANCE: 280 miles from Cache Creek, BC to Issaquah, WA
Almost as soon as we left our campground and took a left onto Rte. 1, we entered into a canyon that brought beautiful views every turn we took. There were multiple trains that paralleled the highway but snaked along the cliffs below us, and we saw falcons flying alongside the RV. At the floor of the canyon rushed the mighty Thompson River. It is probably the best rafting river I’ve seen yet! Gary, of course, was having difficulty staying on the road because he knows “there’s fish in them there waters!!” The brown, dry mountains gave way to thick forested Douglas Fir pine trees. We had the enjoyment of traveling through the mountains with multiple tunnels along this route. Come to find out, we were traveling through the Yoho National Park of Canada. Yoho is a Cree exclamation meaning wonder or astonishment. Good description. We also saw a helicopter carrying water and a firefighting plane fly overhead. The air is still a bit foggy with smoke but no where near what we were dealing with yesterday. I actually woke up with a sore throat.
We crossed the Canadian/US Border finally and are very happy to be back in America!! We decided to drive a little further than planned today because we found out that friend’s of ours that we wanted to see are flying out tomorrow for the east coast. So we drove to the outskirts of Seattle and visited with Andy & Amy Glover. Andy was a youth in our youth group years ago, back in the Goffstown Christian Church days. It was good to catch up on all they are doing, see where they live and play with their kids! Benjamin and Lara were so cute and outgoing. After a great dinner and conversation we went to our RV park that unfortunately is right next to Rte. 90! The traffic is heavy even at 10:00 pm at night. It’ll be rough sleeping tonight. We are staying at Issaquah Village RV Park.
PS: Bruno has confided in me that he would like to become a forest ranger bear just like the guy in the billboard. Hey, I didn’t want to discourage him by telling him the truth….. You’re just a picture on a foam board for crying-out-loud!
Glad you made it through the fires without any problems! It's awesome that you got to see Andy and his family! I said to Tommy, "they're back in the states!!" and he reminded me that you were in Alaska most of this time, also part of the US. So... Welcome back to the contiguous United States!!
ReplyDeleteDon't say that about Bruno!! We had fun with Kim and Tommy tonight. They are a wonderful couple!
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