We traveled only 145 miles on June 20th and stopped in Merritt which is the Canadian Country Music Capital. In fact, they just opened their Country Music Hall of Fame. It's a small town but has all the essential stores upon which there are murals of all the country music legends. They even have a "Walk of Fame" where some of these legends have left their hand prints.
We stayed one night here and moved on to Prince George on the 21st where we stayed in a Municipal Campground on the outskirts of the city. Here, Tim spent one whole day at Staples trying to get the maps for his hiking GPS. It seems in Vancouver when he changed the battery, he lost the SD card/chip so he had to buy a new one and download North America once again! We met two other couples there one of which had been to Alaska 3 times and the other couple, were on their way to North Hazelton to join an RV tour group. We learned much and promised to keep in touch with our own travels as we went. We may run into them again in Valdez as we should be there around the same time.
I haven't mentioned before that as we have been heading north, the days are getting longer. As of now, sunset is around 9:20 pm so it is staying lighter later all the time! We bought inserts for our ceiling vents to block the light and our shades, hopefully, will do the rest. Alaska has about 20 hours of daylight during the summer, so if we don't darken the RV, it might be harder to sleep.
Our first night in Prince George, this huge RV tour bus pulled into the site next to ours. It is a tour conducted by Germans for Germans. The RV itself sleeps 24! The passengers flew into Vancouver and are heading into Alaska. The campground manager said that they come through every year. An extraordinary vehicle with sleeping quarters tented on one side and the entire left side of the RV is the kitchen and their supplies. Amazing!
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