Hi All: We are in Merritt, BC now. Made it here with no problems in all the forest fire smoke from Clinton. It was a beautiful trip had we been able to see more of the country hidden by the smoke. Went over some large mountains and came down in to Merritt, the Country Music Capital of BC. Not sure why it is called that as there is NOTHING going on here now, However the weather is great. It got warm here and the smoke is not here at all. Got up in the 80's with a nice breeze and lots of sun. One of the best nicest days we've had in a long time.
The Photo above is of me at the diner we ate at last nite in Clinton. Pretty rustic. Just a tent next to a mobile home. The cook used a propane BBQ grill to do the cooking on, and had a buffet set up of vegetable etc. Amy had a Open face steak sandwich, and I had a Chicken fried Steak. Both were very good...


Above is a photo out our front window at the campground in Merritt. Beautiful campground, very well kept, and lots of campers....

Not sure how this will show up, but it is meant to try to show you how the smoke is filling the area all over British Columbia. Sure smelled also. So glad we are out of that at last..Radio said they had 1400 fires this year so far around here. That's unbelievable....

Here's Amy waiting on her dinner last night at the campground diner in Clinton....

We plan one more day here, then will leave for the USA. Will spend a few days around the Seattle area, and have a couple days with Joe & Judy Harrison in Seattle. Amy's cousin. Will be nice to get back to the USA..

Semper Fi

Don, Amy & Pharaoh