Last Day of the Caravan (Thursday, September 03, 2009) Fifty-eight days and 4,696.1 miles ago the caravan officially began in Dawson Creek, BC, with all but a couple of RVs meeting 8 days before that in Great Falls, MT. It seems so long ago, yet the time has flown by, particularly since Fairbanks. We left early again this morning, stopping in Houston, BC, for a photo of the world’s longest fly rod. Made out of anodized aluminum, we kept thinking of Wayne and how he could use a little longer fly rod, and this one might be just right. It rained practically all day, and we had had enough of trying to turn around in tight places, so we drove straight in to Prince George, stopping at the Wal-Mart for some necessary groceries. We made a quick stop at Costco’s where Kay got her anniversary present—a new Canon digital camera. Arriving at the South Park RV Park at 2 PM, we parked on a downward sloping site, hooked up, and read email.
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Kay’s Take There was a guy at this campground who had set up a tent to carve wooden statues, etc. Many were displayed around the campground. They were beautiful. There was one long bench with salmon carved 3 dimensional jumping from the top as if the bench was the river and the fish were jumping up out of it. He had bears and eagles and even a beautiful elk. The dinner was a nice farewell and it was a good way to say goodbye to our caravan friends. I think everyone else was ready for our ‘journey’ to end and also sad too.
Our Recommendations for Prince George, BC Prince George is the largest city we’ve been in since Anchorage, and the second largest since late June. It has just about everything in the way of shopping and dining. However, it rained the entire time we were there, so we did not explore the city or participate in any activities except for the farewell dinner.
Campground South Park RV Park is typical of Canadian and Alaskan parks, uneven gravel pads, with tight spaces. We were parked two to what should have been one pull through site, and did not have enough leveling blocks to raise the front end high enough. Electric, water, sewer, and wi-fi were provided. The RV Park WAS NOT dog friendly, despite the owner having a dog of his own. We heard him verbally attack one of the caravan members who had a dog, in front of several people. The dog in question was a young dog, and needed more exercise than was possible in a motorhome, and was a bit undisciplined. And the dog’s owners did leave the dog tied outside unattended. However, the verbal attack in front of several people was uncalled for, and consequently we will NEVER stay there again, and will include his terrible behavior in the venues available to us such as campground reviews, web sites, RV forums, and our book.
Driving Statistics
Beginning Mileage: 16,479.6
Beginning Time: 7:00 AM Pacific DST
Ending Mileage: 16,711.1
Ending Time: 2:00 PM Pacific DST
TOTAL MILEAGE FOR THE DAY: 231.5
CUMULATIVE MILEAGE FOR THE TRIP: 7,319.0
