A rainy morning, considerably brightened up by having breakfast in a bookshop in downtown Prince George, well worth going a bit back on ourselves.

As we left Prince George we fired up the sat nav. 367km – and the hotel’’ll be on the right. Sat nav lady didn’t have much to say today!

The main stop we made today was in Burns Lake, a small town on Highway 16. It had a heritage trail, as well as several First Nations Carvings by a local artist. What proved to the the highlight, though, was the museum. The first few rooms were much as you’d expect in a small town museum; reconstructed living room, kitchen and bedroom from the 20s or so; old photos of the kids at school (and the school transport for 5 kids … all of them piled on a presumably long suffering horse). There was also a room with a range of equipment (probably a bit newer than the 20s) from the old hospital (which had been on the heritage trail) when it had been replaced in the 60s.

However, downstairs it all changed. They’d got a great collection of old cameras in one room, and typewriters in another. The oddest of the lot was the small cabinet containing items that a local resident who’d been part of the RAF party who’d first entered the bunker where Hitler & Eva Braun committed suicide. The items he collected included a Nazi hat, a bracelet, a shaving mirror and stamps. An amazing collection of memorabilia – and all for $2.

As we headed towards Smithers, we thought that was it for the day. Till we spotted a bear at the side of the road, he seemed to be waiting for something, so we pulled over, grabbed a camera. He’d obviously learnt the green cross code, as he was waiting till there was a long enough gap to cross the road, starting at a stroll, speeding up somewhat when he realised a car was coming.