Last days in Canada

 

Today we left Prince George heading south to Washington.  The temp is 60 degrees, sun is shining and no rain.  This is pretty country we are driving through.  Mostly farm land, lots of horses.  Coming through Quesnel, B.C. there are all kinds of flowers, some in hanging baskets some in small flower gardens, along the street.  There were so many we could smell the scent from the flowers. We had a small black bear cross the road in front of us.  We got several pictures.  There was a boat in the yard were the bear crossed and he headed for the boat, I think he could smell the dead fish smell.  We are spending the night at Brookside Campground just outside of Cache Creek, B.C..  We picked this campground because of the name.  The same name  as the campground we  worked at in Blooming Prairie, MN. 

 

    

The other day we were driving and crossed a stream with the name Baking Powder Creek.  Now a name like that must have a story behind it.  Did someone drop the baking powder in the creek and there were no more biscuits? There have been names of other things that when you hear them you wonder  how did they come up with that name.

We left Cache Creek, B.C. for the good old USA,  arriving at Osoyoos, B.C. to cross back into the USA, with a few questions a  check of our refrigerator and we were home.  We drove on to  Chewelah. WA to the Chewelah Golf Course and Country Club, RV park. It is a nice park adjacent to the golf course.  We don’t golf but my old Marine Corps buddy lives here.  We are staying through the Labor day weekend. 

Some things we notice that are different here in the USA from Canada.  First in the smaller towns in Canada when you ask for ice in your drink you’ll only get a couple of pieces, you have to ask for extra ice and then you get strange looks.  In restaurants wait staff rarely come back and check on the customer.  You have to ask for the check and it is not added up.  They are so close but so far away in day to day things we expect here.  The TV in Canada tries to copy ours but poorly.  But they do have some great scenery.