Whiskey Jack Adventures: Prince George, B.C. 516 km

The day started out quite cool at 8am. But we knew it would warm up quickly as the sun was shining. Nah. It was still 12.5 degrees 2 hours later. But we did ride through some beautiful north Okanagan vistas out of Kamloops and into Cache Creek. The Bonaparte River is in flood and the Fraser is very high. Several farms in the Cache Creek area were under water. Poor cattle and horses were pretty restricted in where they could go in these farm yards.

We stopped for a break at the visitor center at 100 Mile House. They do not provide washroom facilities for visitors but they do have a COVID-19 lineup system to handle the crowds. Obviously not crowdmembers who need to go.

We had been reading how the natives at the coast were attempting to keep visitors away. Well on the drive we saw at least two places where roads to native museums were marked closed with big red signs.

The temperature eventually did climb to 20C in Quesnel in time to sit in a traffic standstill for 75 minutes. Yep – we lost a lot of time today in Quesnel. Apparently their highway bridge was the victim of a hit and run by a tractor trailer unit! This old style bridge funnels all the traffic from all the lanes on HWY 97 and it looks to us that a traffic jam could easily happen “normally” so you can imagine the mess when there is an accident. This is confounded by the obvious dire need for a bypass through the city.

We are ensconced in the Treasure Cove Hotel for the night. The hotel is attached to a casino. Which, of course, is closed. The hotel is very quiet, as you might expect. They tell us the room we are in has not been occupied for at least 24 to 48 hours, their way to help stop the spread.

Surprise. In the room they have Kootenay Coffee Co. coffee from Nelson. Makes us non coffee drinkers feel right at home.