Sandman Inn Smithers

... and therefore didn't get to see the sights around the town.

I have been completing a collage of photos for our fellow caravaners as a remembrance of our trip together. I compiled photos of items begiining with the same letter as each person's last name and added background music.

Miles Driven: 310

Weather: Mostly Sunny

Oerall, not a very exciting day today, other than fact that someone attempted to steal our lovely trailer last night. We know this because all of the cahins had been unhooked that connect the truck to the trailer except the one chain that Jason locks to the frame of ...

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That evening, we had a wonderful cookout. I have to give our friend, Janice Suggs, part of the credit for making it so successful. She and her husband, Tom, love to RV and camp and she told me to take a full head of romaine lettuce, rub it with olive oil, and add a little salt & pepper. Then grill it, rotating so that the grill marks go all around the lettuce. Remove from the fire, chop the lettuce and sprinkle with a little more olive ...

We arrived in Smithers for a one night stand and had a pot luck dinner and happy hour. The crew is ready to finish the tour and head out on there own and so are we. The landscape has changed from mountains and wildlife to good old farm land. But christa saw a black bear on the way. Ray and Christa

When I woke up this morning in Stewart it was still raining heavily, but when I checked the weather forecasts for most towns either east or south it was sunny and hot. So I decided to go out and get wet with the hopes of drying out and warming up later in the day as I rode into the clear forecasted areas. I rode over the border into Hyder Alaska which is a very interesting place because there is no customs gate going ...

... you want, ham, sausages, fresh fruit, and unlimited coffee. It was a nice change after our typical breakfast of cold cereal! Smithers itself is an interesting town, it's heavily influenced by its Swiss history, and many of the shops and restaurants are designed in a Swiss lodge style with peaked roofs and detailed wooden shutters and trim. It works perfectly with the mountainous backdrop and is topped off by Alpine Al, a wood ...

... front desk clerk/bartender made me some chop suey and chow mein for dinner for the low low price of ten bucks, drink included. I also got comments ALL day on my shirt. One woman at breakfast even told me she used to have one but she'd never had the courage to wear it. What's the big deal? It's just a funny shirt. Whatever, it's made for a lot of fun interactions.

Day 45 Canada Today was a simple day of travel. We left the RV park and set sail through some great farming country, following a lake and river system alongside us for most of the way. I mention here about a choice Earnie and Rick made before we left this park. It was decided to "dump" our grey water tank, and while Karon was finishing her teeth etc, in the restrooms, we moved the Castle to a dump site, no problem, job done Earnie and Rick are ready ...

... Der Municipal Campingplatz erweist sich zum guten Gluek als einer der Besten und preisguenstigsten ueberhaupt! XXXXX In Prince George yesterday I tried once again whithout success to burn my pictures on CD Rom. Also to send files doesn't work as the USB Ports ar always blocked. So I bought for 25$ 2 new SD Memorycards with 2GB each to solve the problem of low memory in my camera. It can't get better at Alaska ...

Hey everyone, Happy Canada Day! I have my camera all set up so i'll attach some pictures today. (Haha Dave I did figure it out)! You better all have big plans tonite, Canada Day in smithers is not quite the same as downtown ottawa.....or the cottage for that matter. Hows the cottage haunting going Dave? Haunt it good! I hafta work tonite.....probably until like midnight or so, then I may head out ...