PRINCE GEORGE, BC. A very rainy day, with a few sunny moments interrupting the rain.  With all the talk about the Pacific Northwest being perpetually overcast and rainy, we saw virtually no rain, and had sunny skies, all the while we were in that part of the USA.  Once inside Canada, we are seeing the first serious rain of the whole trip.

We stopped for lunch at Williams Lake Visitor Center along Rt 97.  It is a giant log-cabin design three-story building, with gift shop, snack bar, museum, etc.  Main supporting posts are trees without the bark, roots and all, that have been painted.  If the weather had been nice, we would have walked out onto the balcony for the view, but views were runined today by the foul weather.  Betty bought yet another hooded shirt.  She has amassed quite a collection of shirts and coats.

It has been a challenge to adjust to the speed limits in metric.  Our RV GPS is supposed to translate everything into miles, and it does a good job sometimes, but it tends to fail at updating the speed limit as we move along where the limit changes constantly.  We are following Rt 97 most of the way, and it winds its way through one small town after another, with speed limits constantly changing.  The most common speed limit is 100 KPH (62 MPH).  There is a rare 110 KPH (68 MPH), but going through a town it can be 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, then after passing through, it ramps back up.  The slow-downs generally occur as you drop down a long steep descent into a town, requiring a lot of braking.  The best part is the general courtesy and patience of the Canadian drivers.  The total opposite of California drivers.  Here there is no competition to force one's way past the next person.  If only the roads were a little straighter and more flat.  And fewer small towns would also help speed things up.  As it is, it takes a long time to go 50 miles. 

It is Going to be a Long Tour