Start Location: Everett, WA
Ending Location: Cache Creek, BC
Miles Today: 269
Trip Miles: 269
States Visited:1
Provinces Visited: 1
Low Temp: 60.5° F
High Temp: 94.2° F
Min Elevation: -20'
Max Elevation: 1652'
Route Map:
Alaska - Day01
After about 35 days without rain in our area, we headed out today
under grey cloudy skies that looked like rain. Fortunately by the time
we got to Bellingham the clouds went away and we had sunshine the rest
of the day. We crossed over the border into Canada at around noon with
no wait and no problems. Shortly after that we stopped at a rest area
for lunch.
We traveled on Highway 1 the entire time and it
changed from a 2 lane divided highway in Hope to a 2 lane road from
there to Cache Creek. The road to Hope wasn't anything special but the
road from there on was beautiful. We followed the Fraser Canyon and the
Fraser River most of the way and it was a great road with very light
traffic. There are fires currently burning in the area and we went
through several areas that had recently burned and we could see and
smell smoke in some areas.
Much to our surprise it got very
hot this afternoon with temperatures into the mid 90s. That's a little
too warm but it looks like the weather should be cooler tomorrow. By
the end of the week we may wish we had some of this heat.
We
stayed at the Cache Creek Inn which was older but very clean and very
reasonable. Their idea of breakfast is a voucher for a breakfast
sandwhich at Subway which is right next door and seems to be owned by
the same people - to get ice you take your bucket over to the Subway
drink dispenser.
