Dawson Creek AirBNB

Last night, we stayed at Buckinghorse River Campground. It was nice and only a few other campers. There is a burn ban on, so there was no campfire again. Of course, it rained again, but we had coffee, bananas, yogurt, and poptarts for breakfast.

The burn ban is for good reason. Remember way back in early June when Phil and I stayed in Jasper a few nights. We had pizza in town and there were elk in our campground. Well, half the town burned down yesterday, and it is right in the middle of a National Park. A wall of flames 100 meters high hit the town after a lightning strike and some high winds! A sobering event. We met people today who were supposed to be camping there today. Wildfires are no joke in the West and in Canada. We don't know if our cute Jasper laundromat/print shop or our pizza place or t-shirt store survived the flames, but many people lost their livelihoods. So far, no loss of life is reported, thank goodness!

We drove 173 miles to Dawson Creek. We stopped for lunch in Ft Nelson and also made a run to Safeway and fueled up as well. We rolled into Dawson Creek early, so we went to the Visitor's Center and toured the museum there. We also went to the Art Gallery next door. We killed time till out AirBNB was ready about 4:45 pm.

It's a nice little place called a "coach house," which is basically a garage behind your regular house. This one has a nice living space with living/dining/kitchen and an upstairs bedroom/bathroom. There is laundry in the house, so we'll wash clothes tomorrow, too.

Tomorrow night, we are meeting some Camino acquaintances for supper at their place. I am looking forward to meeting Janice and Rick in person.Read more