21 Aug - Lee went out for the day with a friend she met whilst in NZ so I just walked and walked and walked for 6 hours around downtown Vancouver and along the beach. Some nice young men playing volley ball in their DT's caught my eye and some others in Granville St doing break dancing..very clever stuff. Caught up with Lee and Tracey later and as we were walking home we saw a skunk ....in the city!!!! fercryingoutloud!!! I think he was lost.
22 Aug - We left Vancouver with the intention of driving to Calgary but we have had problems with money in Canada. We cant access the pre paid money on our travel cards as they are in US dollars and if you use a credit card you need a pin which Lee doesn't have. We are nearly out of US and Canada cash so we have decided to forget Calgary and continue our US trip. Drove 371 miles (598 Km) to Kettle Falls (Washington State) and stayed in and RV park. The van was running like a dream and then we kept hearing a weird noise and we got to thinking...NOOOO!!! NOT AGAIN!! We finally tracked down the problem...they painted the van in such a hurry they forgot to remove a long piece of masking tape on the roof of the van and it was flapping as it came loose. lol It had rained pretty heavily most of the day and as it got soggier it worked loose. The RV park was next to a lake and we soon found out why it was so cheap....35 million mozzies lived there and they all came to visit.. we had to lock ourselves in and spray everywhere.
23 Aug - got up early and was on the road by 6.45 - big drive - 424.4 miles (683 kms) Doesn't sound a lot by Australian standards but it's a bit different in the van. A lot of today's roads were excellent and the speed limit was 75 mph (120 kph) so we were hoofing along. Speed bunnies!! Tonight we are in an RV park in Butte Montana. We have been in 3 states today - Washington, Idaho & Montana. Montana is having problems with wild fires at the moment and we saw one and also a lot of burned grassy areas. Other than that it is dry and dusty and they could use some of the rain we had yesterday. Bugs #476
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