Houston, British Columbia, Canada

Good morning, my friends. We’re another day closer to home. The roads have improved as we’ve moved farther south, probably because of increased population density. We’re still seeing some beautiful mountains. I believe the ones in the image below are the Seven Sisters peaks.

There wasn’t much to talk about until we crossed the bridge over the Skeena River. This was near the junction to Trans-Canada Hwy 16.

We turned east at the junction, and then crossed the river again. We traveled parallel to the river for many kilometers.

So, here we go. This highway is also known as the Yellowhead Highway.

As we move south, we’re seeing less snow in the mountains. These peaks were to my right.

And barns! It’s been weeks since we’ve seen any barns. We’re back in the land of agriculture!

Despite there being less snow in the mountains, we still saw a few glaciers.

And more barns.

And what does that sign say on the barn above? I saw the F*ck Tru… and I wondered…really? Well, as it turns out Americans aren’t the only ones who dislike their leaders.

This is the Bulkley River. There’s a nice city park there in the town of Smithers.

And more barns.

I like a field that looks like this:

We reached our final destination after lunch time. 

The woman who checked us in also owns the park with her family. She has lots of pretty flowers planted around the grounds. These are Cosmos.

There were two colors.

And these. My phone tells me this is Eryngium or Sea Holly. The bees loved this.

Daylilies.

In two colors:

My phone tells me this is “Monk’s Hood.”

So that’s all I have to tell you about yesterday’s drive. The next leg of our journey will take us to Quesnel (the “s” is silent). I miscalculated when I said we’d be home on Saturday. It will actually be Friday. I made this mistake when I looked at the RVParky app and confused the date of arrival with the date we'd check out after a one-night stay. Only, we won't be checking out. When we're home, we're home for good. Yay! (Until the next trip, obviously, but that won't be for a while.) 

We've noticed it gets dark at night now. The days are getting shorter over time, but we've also moved south, and so the sun is positioned differently. This whole land-of-the-midnight-sun phenomenon has been interesting. The weather has warmed significantly, and so we’re trying to get going early to reach our final destination before it gets too hot. As always, breakfast is next, and then we’ll be on our way. Just a few more days, my friends, and we'll be sleeping in our own homes. You're probably ready to be home too, aren't you?