The freewheeling Pierre Duchesne

Sorry I stole that title from an album I had as a kid. I wonder who will get the reference without googling it? So I packed up my lakeside campsite at six am. I had a long day of driving ahead to get to Prince George 950 km. But wait. Maybe I should try fishing in the lake for some salmon. Now I did not have a B.C. Permit nor did I have any salmon lures but I gave it a shot..... Oh well an hour later and no fish and time to hit the highway.

I passed the accident scene and there was debris everywhere. I tried looking online to see if it was a black pickup in the crash because one passed me the day before driving like a maniac.

No animals today. But lots of scenery.

The highway is very narrow and there is no buffer between road and forest so animals can just leap out. Which is why the speed limit is 80 kph. Trust me I was at or under the limit the whole way. Did not want to kill Bambi or yogi or bull wrinkle or me.

These are part of the coastal mountain range in Northern BC.

I checked into The Sandman Hotel. Looked nice from the road. I ate in the pseudo Japanese grill (they serve tacos). Tomorrow is laundry and oil change day and then off to Jasper which is only 2-3 hundred kilometres away.