Smithers to Prince George

Smithers to Prince George
We left Smithers as I said on a Sat (and I thought that it was Thurs) but then as you travel the road of life with no timetable and no calendar to look at one day just stretches into the next and it really is hard to keep time and distance into perspective. It’s not like you have to be at the office at 8:00 in the morning and you have a regular schedule. I try to impress on Bev we need to get up early (she won’t budge).
This part of the trip was a backtrack from when we came up to Prince George to go to Prince Rupert so again we crossed the Skeena River many times and went along many mountains and lakes.
In Prince George we crossed the Fraser River which flows to the Pacific Ocean and is reallllly wide. Shortly after we made camp at Purden Lake Provincial Park. We even has some trouble because this is just outside Prince George and the weekend so there are not many spots left. But we found one and are happily settled into the pine trees and it will be tacos tonight. There seem to be lots of kids in this park and I hope that the noise level goes down after it gets later in the evening. Tomorrow it is on to Jasper and we will probably stay there for a few days as it is a really lovely town with lots of lakes and such in the town itself. I recall on our last trip that we did not seem to have as much time as we wished to explore it.
On the list also for Jasper will be to try to find an internet service and laundromat. Both are coming due as we have not been able to post for the last several days.
Sorry no pics this time