Day 43 - Purden Lake

We stopped for gas at a small station at the top of the hill. It was also run by First Nation and they pumped our gas and washed our windows. When we went to pay she asked if we had camped at the campground and gave us another discount.

The plan was to try and get to a campground about forty miles past Prince George before we stopped.

The fires in BC have produced over 16,000 evacuees, and a lot of them are coming to Prince George and road closures have increased traffic on highway 16.

There was construction, and heavy traffic, but fortified with an ice cream, we made it past the city to Purden Lake campground before we stopped. We searched the open spots and found two next to each other and set up in a cloud of mosquitoes.

A nice place without hook ups, but they do have a dump station.

After supper Bill, Molly, and I went for a walk and as we turned a corner we saw two small black creatures on the road. They were about Molly’s size and it only took me about a second to recognize the black bear cubs. I caught a glimpse of mama bear in the ditch and we immediately retreated.

Of course neither of us had a camera.