April 26, 2005

April 26, 2005

Abbotsford to Hope, B.C.

DAY 313

 

Today was sunny and warm again.

We slept late, then slowly prepared to leave. We drove down the mountain from where we were camped, to the city of Abbotsford. We stopped at a grocery store with a very RV unfriendly parking lot. I had to park at the mall next door, with a parking lot almost as unfriendly as the grocery store lot. I'm getting rather adept at manoeuvering the rig in and out of places that it shouldn't fit into. I had to use 10 parking spaces for the rig. We stocked up on groceries quite a bit today. We had run our stocks down very low to cross the border, and had not yet been at a large enough grocery store to inspire us to restock before today. After grocery shopping, we had lunch while parked in the lot. From Save-On-Foods it was over to Wal-Mart, with another RV unfriendly parking lot. Are all parking lots in B.C. urban areas RV unfriendly ? After finishing at Wal-Mart, we headed east on Hwy. 1 out of Abbotsford to Hope.

We are at Wild Rose Campground in Hope. After we arrived, and got set up in our site, we took Bo for a long walk around the campground. We checked out the facilities, and came to the conclusion that this is the best campground we’ve been at in our 10 months on the road. It’s superbly designed and laid out. It’s superbly maintained. The restrooms and showers are exceptionally clean. It’s in a beautiful, natural setting beside a high mountain, with steep, vertical sides, and waterfalls. It has free Wi-Fi ( yessssssssss ). It has cable TV, allowing us to see Amazing Race tonight, which we missed last week. I think we might stay here tomorrow, and do some sightseeing in the area.

I spent the late afternoon, and evening online, sending e-mail, retrieving e-mail, updating my blog, retrieving accounts payable, and updating investment data. I barbecued some great sirloin burgers for supper. We watched some TV. Life is good !

DSK