Today was a driving day, but about halfway through the day, we stopped at Jade City, British Columbia. This city is responsible for 92% of the world's jade exports and is a city completely run by generators. All of the drilling and sanding equipment and all the electricity used in the jade mines is powered by generators. There was a little jade store with tons of raw jade out front. My parents built an Inukshuk, a man made stone landmark used by Native Americans near the Arctic circle used for navigation or a point of reference.
We drove the rest of the day but this evening pulled into Meziadin Provincial Park (which is what they call State Parks in Canada) for the night. I went on a run around the campground just to get some fresh air. After I was done running, I met my brother and dad and the boat dock in the campground to jump in the water. The water was absolutely freezing, but it was a great way to end the day! We cooked dinner in the Dutch oven again tonight and then headed inside the RV.
It’s amazing that it actually gets dark here! It’s nice to go to sleep when the sun is down, definitely something we have learned to appreciate on this trip. We are dry camping, which means no electricity, so we played the board game Taboo by flashlight tonight. It was so much fun to play with my family, and it really made me appreciate just simply being with my family. It was a much needed break from the road, and we are getting up early to do some more driving tomorrow!