August 27, 2017. Heading home.....slowly

CAMPGROUND:  Beaumont Provincial Park.  On Fraser Lake.  $18 US.  Beautiful sites with fire pits and picnic tables.  Good toilets.  No services.  4 stars.  Unfortunately, there is a fire ban here (even though it has been raining) so no campfire

LOCATION:  Fraser Lake, 80 miles from Prince George, British Columbia 

 

WEATHER:  Rain on and off all day. High 62

 

We have now driven to the end of our summer trip - 6250 miles.  We will now make our way slowly back down to Mission, Texas.  This shows the recent route - from Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii, back to Prince Rupert, then up to Stewart and Hyder, AK

 

This dot shows Hyder in Alaska's Panhandle.  

We had a leisurely morning in Stewart.  Even though this is really Boondocks-Canada, there are lots of international tourists.  I guess they are here because of the remoteness and to see the bears.  Signs in the bathroom saying not to wash dishes come in 5 languages!  Our one neighbor is from France; the other from Switzerland.  They have brought their interesting international campers.

 

We drove about 8 hours.   Today's sights included 2 black bears, 1 fox, a pack of small animals that looked like a combo of mink and weasel, a dead porcupine and 4 Airstreams (which we haven't seen much on this leg).  It turns out that 3 of the Airstream sightings were the same people - going to the same places we did today.  

 

We had a picnic lunch (soup) at a nice roadside stop. It is nice that we can warm up something in the Airstream instead of just eating cold things. 

 

Finally at about 5:00 we found this nice provincial park to stay the night.  This was the first time in a while that we have been able to sit outside at a picnic table to enjoy the scenery.  

 

Unfortunately we are having some Airstream issues.  The refrigerator does great when we are plugged into electricity, but doesn't cool right when we are on gas.  Then, this evening, George noticed that the battery is signaling as low.  We don't know why.  So, we are trying to conserve battery by using candles instead of lights for dinner, and to avoid using the water pump.  Fortunately, there is an outdoor spigot that I can use to wash dishes.  

 

DINNER:  Pasta with artichokes, peas, mushrooms, and green onions in a cream sauce.  

 

 

After dinner, when it was almost dark, I hobbled over to the bathroom. I was focusing on not falling down, and when I looked up, there was a big blob in front of me.  At first I thought it was a bear, but it was just someone's large black dog.