To Lac La Hache area

Day 81, Sunday, 9/6: Rained a bit during the night but woke to sunshine. Everyone is packing up this morning, getting ready to head out. We thought about staying and taking the RZR out but decided to head down the road too. Stopped in Quesnel for fuel and then at a rest area for a picnic lunch. It was up to 70 degrees at this point but after we headed south a bit it started to rain really hard and the temperature dropped 20 degrees in a very short time! They have a fantastic visitor’s centre in Williams Lake so we stopped there for awhile and it has now topped our list of the best visitor’s centers’! Bob purchased book’s on how to speak Canadian, unusual Canadian laws, and a Canadian flag that we can fly when we have friends visit from the north…

Something to mention, Sheldon and Carol purchased their RV in the states and didn’t get a change to put out the awning before they bought it. When they did finally have the chance to put out the awning, much to their horror it had an American flag printed on it!!! We laughed so hard when they showed it to us! Buyers beware!!! But it was nice of them to greet us with our flag…..

We left our friends at Williams Lake, deciding to drive to a small lake called Helena as Andy told us there are lots of ATV trails in the area. We had a map and instructions from Andy but when we got to the turnoff we would have missed it completely but there was Andy, Sandy and Xander standing there waving their arms and pointing for us to turn! It was awesome!!!! What great people they are. At the first turn in the road there were 5 or 6 ATV’rs standing there so we stopped and asked about riding in the area. They were hilarious! Said we weren’t allowed to ride since we were from out of the province and that since we were from Oregon they would have to take our food, women and beer! Fun. The lake is about 8 kliks in on a gravel road and we are spending the night here at a forest campground, with quite a few others I might add, and hope to take the RZR out in the morning, depending on the weather. We have a nice view of the lake and the sunset.