PG Supply Run: $700 Worth of Groceries & a Muddy Car

     We periodically have to make the two and a half hour drive up to Prince George to restock our food supplies and to buy the those things we can’t find in McBride.  Because of the snowy and icy conditions, we try to avoid driving up there during the winter, but we were in need of a lot of foodstuffs.  The above freezing temperatures and very little snow, made yesterday a good day to make the drive.  

    While Highway 16 was basically clear of ice, it was wet and had been sanded in areas.  All of that water and sandy particles all sprayed up on our car as we drove, so when we got up to Prince George, our car was caked with mud.  The weather in “Prince” was sunny and clear, and it made city driving very difficult because to the incredibly blinding glare of the low sun off of the wet streets.  We were surprised at just how much snow was in Prince, unlike what we have gotten this year in McBride.

    We hadn’t realized just how crowded all of the stores would be with Christmas shoppers.  The large parking lots were overflowing with vehicles, so finding a parking spot was challenging.   All of the stores were over crowded with the crush of shoppers milling around.  We had never seen Costco so full and the cashier lineups so long.   We ended up paying a staggering $700 for all of the food we bought, some of which were Christmas treats, and a lot of which was for Kona and Lucifer.

    At A & W, where we ate our lunch, we had to wait  longer than ever to receive our food because of all of the other customers, and the scrambling, overworked, staff.  We did notice one lone diner  eating fries, who wasn’t bothered by the crowd (photo below).

    By the time we got back to our home in McBride, it was dark.  We unloaded the car, and as usual were once again faced with the problem of where we were going to put all of the food we had purchased.  We ended up putting a few items outside, because our fridge was full, and the outside temperature was just a as cold as the inside of the refrigerator.

      Hopefully, all of what we bought will keep us for a long time, so we won’t have to make another drive to Prince George for a while.

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