April 20, 2010

Tuesday April 20 2010 John saw a weather report that bad weather is on the way, so we decided to take advantage of one more day of clear skies to drive 285 miles to Fort Nelson. The drive wasn’t too bad – the roads were a bit bumpy in areas with a few steep grades thrown in. But the guys made it through by about 3:30. Along the way we found that our radiator developed a slight leak, and a passing truck threw a big rock that took a chuck out of our window. The windshield didn’t quite break all the way through but the crack is bigger than a “chip”. Randy cleaned it and covered it with clear tape, in hopes of keeping it clean enough to be fixed later, if it doesn’t grow too large. When we got to Fort Nelson he stopped at a radiator repair shop and got an additive that will hopefully fix the radiator leak. So with the problems addressed as much as possible, we parked in the 3 G RV Park. This used to be the West End RV Park, but it’s under new management this year so they changed the name. This park was owned by the same person who owned the Northern Lights RV Park that we used in Dawson Creek, and like that park, it is currently being renovated. According to our research it’s the only RV Park in town that is open before May 1. They have a lot of 30 amp sites but a few of them are not available because the water and/or sewer lines are still frozen. That seems a bit odd because the weather is great – we even have the air conditioner on! The park has a saloon (a combination restaurant and bar), with saddles on the bar stools and stuffed wolves over the door. We split a buffalo burger and fries, which were very good. Here in Canada they usually ask if you want gravy with your fries. This time we said yes, but on the side, so we could try it. The gravy was standard brown gravy – not too bad but it would have been better if the gravy was home-made. All in all, this seems like a nice park.

For the past few days we have noticed an increase in dust. This place is as dusty as Arizona City, but they don’t seem to manage it quite as well. The grocery stores have dust tracked in them – but that may be because this dust is always here, and in Arizona City the dust storms came and went.