Just a brief update. We were not able to take our planned route. There is terrible flooding in and around the Alberta province. We drove to the entrance to Kootenay National Park and they told us the road between Lake Louise and Jasper is flooded and a number of mud slides are blocking the way. Don't know when they will clear it. We could tell by the REALLY swollen rivers we crossed that things were bad. One of the rivers had even overflowed it's banks at the bridge. We seem to be out of the worst of it but they is still more rain predicted.
We detoured northwest toward a town called Golden and are headed today toward Kamloops and Cache Creek. This should get us away from the flooding. So we are on the West Route to Prince George rather than the Central Route.
And yes, Canada's RV parks do seem to be well equipped with free wifi:-) Hooray! The gas, however, is 1.41 a liter. There's about 4 liters to a gallon so Jeff is estimating $5.64 a gallon! ACK! Good thing the RV is improving on the gas mileage. They said that would happen as we broke it in. So we are getting a whopping 7 miles to the gallon. This is not an eco-friendly trip:-(
Here we go! Hope the weather improves.
I may not comment every post, but I am LOVING your blow-by-blow account of your trip, and the pictures are FANTASTIC! (I love the ones with the toaster! LOL) Y'all stay safe in that flooding and rain!
ReplyDeleteWe've been lucky to have computer access to keep this going. It is fun sitting down at night and revisiting the days events and looking at the photos we've taken. It keeps it from being all one big blur. Heard it's raining in SA quite a bit. Maybe everything will be nice and green when we get back. Take care, Renee
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