Finally someplace with WIFI!! We are in Helena, Montana which is very hazy right now due to all the wildfires around. There are 14 fires going in Western Montana right now, several of them fairly large.
After we left Quesnel, we continued down Hwy 97 to the border. There is an amazing transformation along that stretch of road. You go from a lush green North Woods to a true desert within about 50 miles. We camped one night on the Thompson River which runs thru this desert like land and creates an oasis, more or less. It was 101 degrees that day! And the hottest day we have had all summer prior to that is only about 75. Quite a change!! This section of the country is in the shadow of the Coastal Mountains who capture all the precipitation. Only about 6" a year on the east side.

Took Washington state hwy 20 across the NE corner of Washington. Beautiful road, quiet & scenic! Camped one night at a Washington Rec area campground called Skookum Creek, only about 12 campsites, but the amazing thins is that they are free. Washington does not charge anything to camp in their rec areas. Have to remember that!

Mike & I split from Betty and Tom after we entered Washington. Michael is starting to get anxious to get back to the cabin. I'm doing my best to slow him down, taking him along winding, scenic roads but I think I'm about out of those as we are just about out of the mountains. So I anticipate being back in Gordon by the end of this week. Briana reports the lake level at the cabin has dropped even further down so that the end of our pier is now at the edge of the water. We now have more beach than we have ever had!
Barb