Long day and getting closer to the downed bridge!!

July 3 – Today seemed to be endless driving!  We were 5^th to get on the road this morning and we left at 7:45. I was up at 6 so no point in waiting any longer.  It was a lot of mountain crossing today but fortunately not super steep going up or down.  Not a lot of traffic with the bridge closed so we passed only a few coming our way.

The only wildlife we saw for the whole day was a dead black bear cub and a dead deer.  That is no fun at all!  The scenery is still just as beautiful and amazing as it’s been for weeks.  It sure will be different when we get back to Florida. 

Bill and I pulled into the campground in Ft. Nelson, BC,  I think 3^rd in line and they asked us to go back down the road a bit and park until 2.  The campground is 1200 spaces I think and a lot of coming and going with this bridge closure.  We are all pretty much parked in the front near the office and restaurant.  We are in back in since the RV behind us got to pull in.  But, I did a great job as usual!  Since we have full hook ups here I will get caught up on laundry and Bill’s cleaning rags as who knows what will be further up the road.

The Wagonmasters arranged for us to have a buffet provided in the restaurant here.  We had a nice room to ourselves.  With the new couple we are now 15 RV’s but 3 of them are singles.  I’m not much on buffets as it’s been cooked and sitting for who knows how long and I steered away from the starchy foods and fried stuff.  Of course, I kept my mouth shut about it and just found a few vegetables and fruits to add to my dried-out piece of chicken.  Apparently, most of the group eat this on a regular basis and piled their plates.  One guy insisted he had tender road beef but others said it was meatloaf!  Does that tell you about the crowd?

They have cable here so I spent a while trying to get it hooked up and a lady came by who said she ran her cable thru the window directly to the TV and it works.  So I did the same and we get 8 channels I think and enjoyed a night with some TV.

Not long after arriving we were informed that we are here for 2 nights.  That means we lose 2 nights at Whitehorse but hopefully the crossing will go well and we will have some time to see a few things we are marked to visit.  Sometimes we just have to accept that Mother Nature is the boss!