Hat Creek Ranch

The Powder River is to the south of us as we continue to make our way to the north. Spending the night in Hope, British Columbia tonight before we head up the Frasier River valley.

Have a great puzzle for you to figure out from this posting.

We spent the past evening in Kalispell, Montana leaving there this morning at first light which occurs at about 0730. We traveled 103 miles into Idaho and then entered Canada. Today, we drove 523.6 miles bringing our total up 9,104.5 for this trip. We crossed three mountain passes, each one requiring me to go into four wheel drive and down to low gear several times due to the snowfall. We passed through a beautiful region which happens to be the largest grape producing area in Canada for fine wines. This region also boasts of some of the finest apple, peach, apple and cherry orchards.

We arrived into Hope, BC after dark at 5:30 pm, we would still be on a pass if it was not for a trucker that led us down the mountain allowing us to follow his fresh tracks in the snow. We also picked up an extra hour driving time today by passing from Mountain to Pacific time. Total driving time, eleven (11) hours and 523.60 miles driven, yet we are only 76 miles north of the Canadian border. How did we do that?