July 13, 14, 15, 16

ON THE ROAD AGAIN...

We drove from Houston through Prince George and north to Chetwynd.

More beautiful scenery... (click on photos to enlarge)

And even more brown trees the farther north we travelled. The pine beetle had destroyed entire forests. Some were mere shadows of their former selves. Many evergreens had turned black and lost their needles. We named them "The Black Forest."

Chetwynd, British Columbia is known for its chainsaw carvings.

We stopped at the Chetwynd Home Hardware Building Centre. Karly from Peace FM dropped by and interviewed us in the motorhome.

In Hudson's Hope we took an underground tour right inside the W.A.C. Bennet dam.

It is an earthfill dam that is 2 kms long.

We saw this curious deer in Fort St. John, British Columbia







In Fort St. John we were treated to a helicopter ride by Home Hardware owners Glen and Lorna Pomeroy and their daughter Naomi and her husband, helicoptor pilot, Bob Batchelor.

Glen, Lorna, Naomi, and her sister Valerie drove us to the airport and waited for our return.

Bob was not available to fly the helicoptor so Gordon Fevang filled in for him.

We flew into canyons, along rivers and over the Fort St. John Rotary RV Park where the motorhomes looked like tiny toys.

Lamont sat up front with the pilot. Roger, Ruth, and Phyllis shared the back seat. This was a very special adventure because this was our first helicopter ride.






The Canola fields were in bloom and all the yellow was spectacular.