Our First Day in Canada!

Okay, so in our preparations to cross into Canada, I forgot to tell you that there is a ban on all raw poultry products entering Canada. Connie and I both had a lot of chicken in our freezers and eggs.Several days before we crossed, we cooked all our chicken and boiled all our eggs in hopes of being able to transport them into Canada. Since Bob and I had crossed at Sumas on our last trip, we decided that we would cross there again. It is a small crossing town just south of Abbotsford, British Columbia.  When we got to Sumas, Bob topped off our gas tank as we didn't know what the Canadian prices were going to be. Then is was on to Canadian Customs. We got through without a hitch and met Connie and Larry at the Flying J where he stopped after filling his tires with air.

Our goal while traveling through Canada is to boondock at as many places as we can. Well, our first day turned into a long one as we didn't stop until just north of Clinton. Bob and I and Larry and Connie both enjoy short travel days with time at the end of the day to relax and tour the area. We didn't stop until late afternoon at Big Bar Lake Rest area. The next morning, Bob and I found two geocaches near the rest area. 

Once we got on the road, our next stop was at the Visitor Centre in 100  Mile House. Each visitor centre or town has something they claim is the largest. This one has the largest cross country skis.

Bob once again topped off our fuel tanks--at $1.09 per liter. Much to our surprise, gas prices are about the same as they were 5 years ago when we made this trip.

We decided to stop for the night at the Visitor Centre in Williams Lake, British Columbia. They have a large level parking area for overnight stays.

 We had a view of Williams Lake through the front windows of our RVs.

Since our last visit to Williams Lake, Wal-Mart had come to town. In addition to Wal-Mart there was an interesting store called Bulk Barn where everything was in bins and you measured what you wanted. They had everything from candy (Bob got licorice, I got chocolate covered ginger) to nuts to cake mixes to spices.

We crossed into Canada on a Canadian 3-day weekend. The local campgrounds were filled until Monday. Monday we drove to Dugan Lake, but it still looked pretty full. There were two sites available, but we weren't sure we wanted to backtrack to stay there so we headed for Quesnel. We knew there were things to do in that area and hopefully the locals would be back at work once we arrived.