Here we're approaching the fog.
And now we're into the construction site. The sun was fully up but you could barely see it. Definitely an interesting start to the day.
After getting through the worst of the fog and the construction, we saw a lake that looked interesting with the fog still swirling around.
I don't usually take photos with power lines but I liked the symmetry in this one.
Once we got going again, we saw what I think was a grey wolf, a coyote or maybe a small wolf and a black bear. All were on parts of the highway where it would have been dangerous to stop so all we have are memories. We thought we'd be mostly driving through mountains but by about noon, we were on what is called the central plateau and it got somewhat less interesting. No more winding, edge of cliff roads which possibly was good for Marilyn but less interesting for me. There were a lot of logging operations and we had many views like these.
And we crossed what had to be a pretty old single lane bridge beside a train bridge.
At one point we did come across this random glacier on Hudson Bay Mountain.
Now, on to the title. When we finally got to Prince George, we noticed a lot of development in the outskirts. There were big box stores and chain restaurants as well as obviously new housing. When we arrived at our hotel, which is in the downtown area, we were a bit confused. There were very few people and not much traffic. We asked if we were in the downtown and were told yes. On our walk around to find dinner, we saw only a few people and many boarded up or for sale stores. Being a fan of The Walking Dead, I couldn't help but notice that it looked like a scene out of Season 3.
Do you see those two guys? They could easily be zombies. Look at the shuffling walk and the shabby clothes.
Luckily, we didn't get bitten and we made it safely to the Twisted Cork which was recommended by people on Trip Advisor. It turned out to be an excellent choice. It was Canadian Craft Beer Night so pints were on sale. Always a good thing! And they had a tapas type of menu that was ridiculously priced. We ordered a Tapas Tower at $17.95. At home prices I was expecting a medium sized plate of the included items. This is what we got. There are two pictures to show the whole thing.
As you can see there was a ton of food! I would have expected to pay double for the same in Toronto. Since we expected a smaller plate, we also ordered the Cajun Blackened Bison with Blue Cheese Aioli. Oh, and there were onion rings as you can see. It was also excellent but we ended up taking some of the tower back to the hotel.
We had been thinking about maybe walking around more after dinner. We were talking to our server at the Twisted Cork and she said that there was a really nice park near the river but maybe don't go there after dark! So, we ended up back in the hotel and watched the Jays lose. Again.
We're off to Burnaby tomorrow, another 9ish hour drive, where we'll stay with Marilyn's cousin Allan.
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