First We Are Safe

 After Fort St. James, our plan, head south and east to a US port of entry. Exactly where? We had at least  2 to  3 port of entries selected. Little did we realize the severity of conditions we were heading into.

We headed east on Canada Hwy 16, to Prince George. then south on Canada Hwy 97 to Quesnel. We continued south on Hwy 97 to Cache Creek, were we headed east on Trans Canada Hwy 1 to  Kamloops. As we continued our journey east we switch drivers. With Susan driving, we planned on refueling at Falkland. Price for diesel was $1.699 per liter. Lowest we have seen in a month. Once back on the road, the next town we came into was Vernon. As we enter into Vernon, we notice the long lines of traffic heading north. We knew something was up, we also new for the last 2 days the smoke was getting thicker. which was a concerned but not a big worry.

This is when we were glad for having internet service, IAs  started looking at Google Maps, Drive BC and BC wildfires. What I found, was a mayor fire south of us in Kelowna and West Kelowna, with an evacuation order for the residents. 

With an additional 15,000 people ordered to leave, the traffic heading north was over 4 miles long. This long line was worst due to the traffic lights in town. Why is it, instead of law enforcement or volunteers directing traffic to get it moving, they just leave it to the signal lights. 

However, once we were out of Vernon, traffic opened up, however, as I continued to monitor the sites. I learned, we were heading into more traffic, but the route heading east out or Kelowna was cleared. We just had to get there. 

Since you are reading this, you know we made it into United States. We crossed into the US at the Canada town of Christina Lake, were we headed south on US route 395 to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Laurier Port of Entry. 

We continued south on 395. Then we learned that US I-90 was closed heading West. What ? Of course there was the Gray Fire causing the closing due to heavy smoke. Smoke, YES. The more we drove the heavier the smoke was. In time sometimes it reminded us of heavy fog. 

I am not going into great detail, as to where we stayed overnight, I will do that later. I will also get you caught upto date as to our journeys. 

However, we arrived in the Area of Hermiston, Or. 

Location Alpaca Farm in Hermiston, Or.

Oh, you want to know how our crossing went at the Port of Entry? It took all of 2 minutes.

Where we stayed is before and after is another story.

Safe Travels and Journeys

DaGirls Rv and Gus

Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me