Canada Day

   I got an early start on the road this morning and lucky I did. Nothing was happening in Lund; I couldn't even find a cup of coffee. I decided to drive south for breakfast in Powell River, but the town was filled with bicycles for some sort of holiday race.

   On the mainland along the coast there are two ferry rides needed to drive the entire Sunshine Coast (as they call it). I checked my timetable and the northern ferry was scheduled for 9:30. I had just enough time and luckily I made it. Breakfast turned out to be coffee and an egg salad sandwich; but that was much better than three hours of waiting if I missed the 9:30.

   The southern ferry was scheduled for 1:15 and I was one of the last cars on. With everyone out for the holiday I might not have made it back to Vancouver if I had waited till later in the day.

   Once in Vancouver I took Rt 1, the TCH until I hit Rt 5 into the foothills of the Rockies at 4,000 ft.. I stopped for the night in Kamloops; the hotel was on a hill overlooking Canada Day fireworks. The show started at 10:30 after it finally got dark.

   While behind the wheel I started wondering when I'd see my first Pa license plate on my way home. There are hardly any from the US that I've seen up here so far. Tomorrow I cross the Rockies again heading east..