PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. TO BOSTON BAR, B.C.

By chance, we stumbled across another "Chances" Casino in Fort St. John.

Our drive yesterday, on this "hurry up and get there" journey, took us across some desert country, then into the Thompson River & Fraser River canyons.  By mid afternoon, the temperatures had jumped into the 90's, and for the first time on this trip, I fired up the generator to run one of the roof A/C's.  Not knowing where we would stop for the day, we stumbled across a small RV Park, with a big sign up on the highway.  Before exiting, I saw that there was enough room to turn around, before heading down the hill to the park which wasn't visible.   When I decided to keep going down this narrow road, Nancy called on the radio, "are you sure about this???"  I answered, "it's an adventure, follow me". 

 

 The drive through the Thompson & Fraser River Canyons is quite scenic.

Around the last corner, at the bottom of the hill, a loud "O CRAP" came effortlessly out of my mouth, as I stared at a railroad bridge that looked too low for us to pass under.  Now what!!  We're on a one lane road, on about a 10% hill, which is on a curve, and we're blocking the road.  No markings on the bridge to indicate what the clearance is, so, the options were limited to only a couple.   Try to unhook the Jeeps, which would have been very difficult, and then, back the motor homes up.  Not liking that option, I decided to give it a try, while Nancy watched from behind.  As I slowly crept under the bridge, Nancy said "it looks like you're going to make it", as my two antennas were making loud noises, while they scraped the bottom of the bridge.  Whew, another catastrophe averted, as we pulled into a nice little RV Park with lots of shade trees to help quell the heat.

This what the bridge looked like when we left the park this morning.

 

 Nancy's motor home isn't quite as tall as ours, but there still wasn't much clearance.

After a tasty red beans/rice & sausage dinner that Patty whipped up, we walked a short distance down to where Anderson Creek flows into the Fraser River, and discovered this massive Railroad Trestle over the creek.  According to the stamp in the concrete, it was built in 1962, and was quite impressive.

Our Jeeps are so dirty, it's difficult to tell the actual color.

The bridge looked to be about 125 feet high.

It was another long day of driving, but were making progress, and in a day or two, we'll be in the Albany/Eugene area for over a week, and lots of stuff to take care of.

Miles traveled - 350  Cumulative miles - 7,661
Anderson Crk RV Park, Boston Bar, B.C. $27.50  Cumulative - $1,436.09
Diesel Petro Canada, Quesnel  37.9 Gals @ 4.88 Gal = $185.00
Cumulative fuel - $4.293.11  MPG - 9.9  Avg. MPG - 7.9