To Williams Lake

The trip has begun.  Got out of Port Angeles on time, caught the ferry to Edmonds and found the Cruise America office in Everett.   The RV was ready for us. It's a 2009 Ford 350 chassis with a 26' RV.  Seem very adequate - surely more room than out little camper.

Drove to Hope BC the first night.   The RV handles well.  Less rocky than our camper while driving.  We spent the night at a campground called Emory Creek just north of Hope.   We also found that every visitor center in BC has free Wi-Fi, so we often check our email.

Thurs we woke up and ate cold cereal for breakfast.  We drove to 100 Mile House (yes, a town with that name), visited a bike shop for directions, and I went on a ride.    New trail so it was pretty rough.   Would have been a lot funner if I had my own bike.   This bike is not near as good, plus I'm not used to this one yet.   All excuses.  I crashed 4 times.

We then drove to Williams Lake.   This was the turn off point when we drove to Bella Coola.   We were not hungry yet so we dropped into another bike shop to fins a ride.   They suggested the Williams River Trail..      "all flat and very easy"   It was not flat or easy.    "just 10 K each way"  "you can't get lost"

Mom turned back after 2 miles, but not Stuart.   It is a very nice trail, following the river down to it's junction with the Fraser River.   Going down, I just knew I had to go back up;   but I went all the way to the end.    Then back.   Since they said I couldn't get lost, I did not pay much attention going down.   Turns out they were wrong.   You can get lost.   And I did.  An extra 4 miles worth.   By then, mom figures I'm dead.   And since I only had cold cereal for breakfast and no lunch, I'm
totally out of steam.

Back to the RV and we were both ready for FOOD