Yesterday we drove up to Prince George to stock up on some needed supplies. It was surprising how many times the outside temperature changed during the 140 mile (220 km). The highway does do a lot of ups and downs along the way, but I was still surprised at the range of temperatures and how often they changed during our drive.
We left McBride at 8:00 AM, where the temperature was a balmy +7°C (44°F), as Highway 16 dipped down through the many river valleys, the temperature dropped to +4°C (39°F). When we got to Prince George the outside temperature was 12°C (54°F). Driving home, we got a +2°C (35°F) temperature. When we arrived back in McBride at 5:00 the temperature was 12°C (54°F). All of those temperatures are a whole lot warmer than they should be in January.
When we left home our car was very dirty (there are no places to wash cars in McBride, and also there is a restriction on doing so because of our drought). When we got to Prince George, we took advantage of a car wash to get the car back to its original blue color.
We couldn’t help but admire how shiny and clean it looked afterwards, looking out of the restaurant window as we ate lunch. The pleasure we got from our clean car was fleeting however, because the drive back to McBride, restored our car back to the way it looked when we left that morning.
The photo above shows how the car looked AFTER we got back to McBride.
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