24.09.-07.10.2007: Prince Rupert - Smithers - 150 Mile House - Kamloops - Adams River - Okanagan Valley We hit a lot of rain on the way to Terrace and spent nearly 2 hours in the library, but the internet was unbelievably slow and we couldn't do an update. There were "No overnight Parking" signs up everywhere so we had to drive out and find somewhere off the side of the road for the night. The next day we drove through more rain to Prince Rupert which is on the West coast and stopped at Cow Bay to have a look around. Once again there were signs up everywhere and so we had to drive out and parked up at a rest area. We got more rain the next day and went to a campground for the night. They charged $5 for using their Wi-fi so we didn't bother and worked on our website instead. The rain was torrential overnight and we woke up to find that one end of the bed was completely soaked. So we spent the whole morning using the electric heater to dry everything. We already know we have a leak somewhere on the roof but we need dry weather to fix it. So we could end up waiting a long time! And we haven't been able to find out where it's coming through! We left the campground and drove to a fish cannery which was closed for the season. But we saw lots of cute porcupines on the way. Then we went back to Prince Rupert because we wanted to take a few photos - everything has cow motives on it. Then it was back to Terrace in the rain. We got some shopping and Kirsten forgot to lock the fridge door and it flung open on one of the corners and the milk carton split! Helen jumped through into the back to sort it out and Kirsten did her Formula 1 act going around a few corners instead of stopping and Helen got thrown around all over the place! Finally she stopped and we managed to clean up the mess. We went to the visitor centre to fill up with water and found the nearest spot outside to park up. We were now on the Yellowhead Highway which runs from Prince Rupert on the West coast of British Colombia all the way to Edmonton in Alberta. Our first stop was to see some totem poles and the oldest bell tower, in Gitwangak. Then we had a look at the suspension bridge in Hazelton. Kirsten did not like walking across it because we could see right down to the river which was well below us. We also looked at some rapids in Moricetown which is an old favourite salmon fishing spot for the local first nation people. In Smithers Kirsten went to try the Wi-fi at the library and came back after 35 minutes in an absolute rage because she couldn't get it to work and yet other people managed to get in! So Helen had to drive! We drove basically without stopping heading east towards Prince George and then south. We stopped to take photos of the World's largest fly-fishing rod and the longest skis! We also finally managed to get an update done which took over 2 hours! But Kirsten was a happy bunny because she managed to buy the new Melissa Etheridge CD. We stopped for the night at Chasm Provincial Park and realized why we were the only ones there - two trains blasted their horns at a nearby crossing and it was so loud that we jumped and the motor home vibrated!!! The first was around 2am and the second at 4-30am! (The new Melissa Etheridge CD is appropriately called "The Awakening".) We drove to Kamloops which we dubbed "Kamloopy" because we have never seen so many drugged up people on the streets as we walked the short distance to the visitor centre and then a very good Indian restaurant. At Adams River we walked along the river banks of a Provincial Park to see the salmon for about one hour and then went to Margaret Falls which were quite impressive. Then we headed into the wine country of BC and hit horrendous traffic in Kelowna. In Penticton, there were strong gusting winds and we battled our way to the marina to watch windsurfers using the wind to have a lot of fun. On the way back to Winnie we found a wallet that had obviously just been thrown out of a car window and had more than likely been stolen. There were lots of credit cards and ID but no cash. So we walked back to Winnie and drove to the address in the wallet and returned it. It had been stolen from a gym locker about 1 hour ago and fortunately there had only been $5 cash in there. The owner was extremely grateful even though he had already cancelled all the credit cards because there was his Canadian ID card in there which is a real pain to renew. So that was our good deed for the day. We got repaid with torrential rain!!