Self-Evacuees

Since Monday Williams Lake has been on an Evacuation Alert, meaning we could be ordered to leave at any time, after a weather forecast of heavy winds for Wednesday that never materialized.

We self-evacuated on Tuesday, mostly because we couldn't stand hanging around in the smoke.  Leo couldn't run and it really wasn't pleasant to do anything outdoors.  So we mostly stayed in the house, and for a break went to coffee at Tim Hortons to breathe the air-conditioned air and see what everyone else was up to.

The drive north was uneventful.  We couldn't see any evidence of fire except for the low-lying smoke, though the radio told us the air quality was rated at 37 on a scale of 1 to 10!

We are now parked in my mother's driveway in Smithers.  There's a roadblock south of Quesnel preventing any southward travel on Hwy 97 back into Williams Lake, but we think we could sneak back in on the back roads if we wanted.

For now we are enjoying the cool rainy Smithers climate.

Parked in the driveway (but sleeping in the house)