Day 77 – May 26 – O’ Canada

We made it to Canada!  After traveling for 76 days we are now out of the United States.  We left Lakeside RV Park about 10:30 and headed north on I-5.  At Bellingham, Washington we got off the interstate to top off the gas tanks and then continued on towards Sumas, Washington to cross the border.

There was a line at the border crossing and we waited for 10 or 15 minutes for our turn.  Dorrie was really nervous about going into Canada.  I am not sure what she was worried about – we answered a few questions and were on our way.

The hardest part of the whole thing was squeezing the motorhome through the post on each side of the crossing station.  Rick was behind us and he made it through without any issues.

We turned on the highway east towards Hope, BC.  We stopped a couple of times to talk and finally made it to the town of Hope.  We pulled into the campground and decided we didn’t want to stay there, so we headed back out towards a provincial park on up the highway.  All day long the clouds were hanging low over the mountains and it rained off and on. 

We pulled into Skihist Provincial Park and found camping places. 

The sky had cleared off and was bright blue.  The campsites are tucked on the hillside among the pine trees; truly a beautiful location.

We fixed hot dogs and brats on the grill.

Since we don’t have any hookups we tried not to dirty many dishes, so we warmed the baked beans in foil on the grill and Dorrie made a salad for us from stuff we had left over from our taco salad the night before.  Everything tasted great and the setting made it a really enjoyable meal.