Friday July 4th
2014
Burns Lake, BC –
Valemount, BC
323 miles, 6 hours 43 minutes
347 miles, 9:33 am – 5:54 pm
After few days of “suffering” in the car and on the
floor of the ferry, this was our heavenly night in the bed. J. went
to bed really early in the evening and slept till almost nine o'clock
(like a bear). It was quite nice to get a good sleep. We had
breakfast in the motel. Partly cloudy sky with some sunshine (another
great day). We left quite late and stopped at the visitor center. Two
very helpful people and nice talk. And … surprisingly … more
driving. The landscape of (at least this part) British Columbia is
amazing. It is so beautiful. The road was mildly painted in this
incredible country. There was an historical site but it was
unfortunately almost two hours out of our way and we did not have so
much time. We made few scenic stops along the way but otherwise we
mostly drove. About three hours to Prince George. This was the only
place in British Columbia that we drove through on the way to Alaska.
Big town for the area, otherwise relatively small. We stopped at the
visitor center to verify some information for the second part of the
drive (to our destination for the day). We talked to the lady in the
visitor center and she remembered us from the stop in March when we
were driving to Alaska. More driving in very similar landscape –
forest, lakes, and mountains. Ancient forest – apparently the only
rain forest locked so far inland. Nice loop trail – we started
walking and even though we put bug repellent on we were eaten by
mosquitoes. It was really annoying. The forest was really pretty and
interesting but those mosquitoes. J. gave up after a small loop and
went back to the car. I walked the whole loop, detoured to the
waterfall and had some amazing views of trees and mountains. Also, I
got eaten alive by those damn mosquitoes. There was another site to
see – canyon – but we did not find it. Gasoline in the town of
McBride. To Valemount. Small town. Our B&B. The room, some
documents for J.'s next job (online) and homework for me. Another
nice day.
