Friday, August 1 – Vancouver to Revelstoke

We puttered away the morning. Justin mostly played video games on Grandma’s computer. Cameron watched some, played a bit on my computer, and played some card games. I drove Sue to a doctor’s appointment and back. We got away about 11:45 and arrived in Revelstoke at 6:30.

Leaving Vancouver we had to drive through the city for several minutes before getting on the Trans-Canada. It started off with four or more lanes and things were really moving. Then it narrowed to three lanes and things were still moving pretty well, but a bit more crowded. Then, from about Langley, through Aldergrove and Abbotsford, it narrowed to two lanes and things ground to a halt. We occasionally got up to 90 kmph, but mostly were doing 40 to 60 kmph and a few times came to a complete stop. Things got moving again after Abbotsford. We put on our thinking caps and realized that Monday was a holiday and maybe there was extra traffic for the long weekend. There were quite a few camper trailers, cars with bike racks, and cars piled high inside with gear.

We stopped at Hope for gas and at Salmon Arm for fresh local cherries, peaches, and blueberries, but otherwise drove straight through. The cherries are so big and fat and sweet that they might not make it home. We have not tried the others yet.