Monday, 11 June 2018 – Travel to Williams Lake B.C.

We now start our day with Canadian Diet Coke
The Stampede RV Park was surprisingly nice

This morning we ate breakfast in the nearby downtown. Kamloops has a population of about 90,000 and has a nice downtown. We got a late start again partly due to breakfast and partly due to the extra time to dump the holding tank and refuel. Our route today took us Hwy 1 to Cache Creek and then North on Hwy 97 to Williams Lake. The drive was fairly scenic and pretty easy. About 1/3 four lane and about 2/3 two lane and there are 3 or 4 decent little towns along the way. On the way into Williams Lake we stopped and refueled so we would be ready for an earlier departure tomorrow. We arrived at the Stampede RV park about 3pm. The RV park is really part of the Stampede rodeo and horse racing arena and is right in town. The park is really quite nice and has full hook ups. The big downer is we have experienced the dreaded rock to the windshield. Many RV’rs report cracked or broken windshields on the Alaskan Highway. I was really surprised as these roads seemed as good as 90% of the roads we have traveled since leaving home. The rock was even kicked up by a compact car and not the usual logging truck. Oh well, things happen and we will deal with it. The crack isn’t terrible and isn’t in my direct line of sight so we will let it go for now. After getting set up we drove through downtown, shopped at Walmart, and ate at Dairy Queen. Williams Lake is a town of about 10,000 and is situated beautifully on a lake. Not a lot to see otherwise. The weather today in Williams Lake is about 60 deg F mostly sunny and some light scattered showers.