Valemount, B.C. to Prince George, B.C.

A good night and now off to Prince George and the Bon Voyage Motel/RV hook up.  We weren’t up early this morning because…we didn’t have far to go.  Yesterday was the long day.

Today 186 miles.

So…out of the park and on the road.  Sun and cloud and about 9C with a bit of wind.

Hmm….that’s a long lonesome looking highway.

We’ll head for Prince George.  Tete Jaune or Yellowhead was named after a fur trader and explorer named Peter Bostonais.  He had yellow streaks in his hair, and was nicknamed “ Tete Jaune” or (Yellowhead.) 

We need to head for 16 West and Prince George.

It’s a tight exit over the Fraser River.

No…we don’t want to go to Alberta.

Heading northwest on highway 16 to Prince George and then home.

First stop McBride where we’ll get fuel.  There is no more fuel until Prince George after McBride so you have to pay attention.

It is not spring here.  We saw Horsey Creek and then we saw….lots of horseys!

An old boarded up homestead.  What history and memories would be stored in these old buildings. 

This is part of a very long split rail fence.   A huge amount of work went into building this. 

Coming into McBride which is a village in the Robson valley.  Founded in 1913 as Mile 90 of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.  It received it’s name after the serving premier, Sir Richard McBride.  There are about 600 people living here.  It is an area with rich farmland in the valley bottom. 

Onward after we fuel up.  Pretty quiet living here and a long way to go for major supplies. 

Northwest of McBride travelling along highway 16 or the Yellowhead Highway.  Still lots of snow at the edge of the road. 

Over the Fraser River and if you look it’s a long way down.

From McBride north we are climbing and then descending

Coming into Prince George.

First we cross the Fraser River and then it’s a convoluted route to continue on Hwy 16 west.  You do have to wind your way through the center of town but since it’s Sunday….all is quiet.

 

So here we are parked in the lot of the Bon Voyage.  Over the years the price to park here has gone up and up.  When we started I think it was about $16 for power and water.  Now it’s $26 and the water isn’t even on yet.  They now throw in a continental breakfast but that’s probably because RVers were coming in for it anyhow!  In the end it’s an easy stop and there is a restaurant within walking distance.  Happy hour beer and then off to the restaurant for seniors fish and chips.  Soup or salad, chips with two pieces of fish and a tiny dessert for $13.50.  Plenty enough though Eric was looking suspiciously at the amount of food to start! 

Tomorrow off to Terrace and home.  Our daughter Erika said that her husband Wade had plowed the snow in our driveway but we think we’ll just go to their house for a couple of nights so we can get a shower and I can do laundry before heading home.  Our water isn’t turned on so it’s a bit of a deal to get it going and check for leaks.  Erika and husband Wade have a big 30 acre property so there is lots of room for us.