Day Ten - Progress 300 miles

Operation Move Out of the Air B-n-B and Get On the Road to Canada went off without a hitch, since we had both Anna and Carley leading the charge; we even left on time and I don’t think we left any valuables behind! I also made a thorough search of the motorhome to ensure we did not accidentally have one black and white stowaway; the kitty had at one point this morning decided to follow Emma right into the big white bewooga, as Emma calls it.  (I’m pretty sure she means beluga, which may have influenced Carley to refer to the vehicle as the “land  whale”.)  Anyway, kitty could not defect to Canada on my watch.  Once on the road, the drive north into British Columbia through the Columbia River valley is astoundingly picturesque with sweeping views of snow topped peaks running north to Canada’s Glacier National Park, and abruptly rising from the wide, almost tropical verdant green farm-lined river basin.  The final drive up to the 2^nd Air B-n-B was a two-mile 6% grade climb which taxed the land whale, but rewarded us with two black-bear cubs crossing the road toward momma bear who was waiting patiently in the nearby trees.  We also learned of a grizzly bear sighting the previous day in an adjacent field.  We all gathered together tonight to have our own church service.  We have seen in so many ways how God has carried us through these days.