Exploring the Smithers area – Telkwa, Round Lake and more
In real time, I got home yesterday, on Day 62 of the trip. In blog time, though, I’m still a week behind. Day 55 of the trip, June 19th, started off wet and dreary, but the afternoon was a few hours of wandering backroads in the Smithers area to...
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Driving from Farwell Canyon to Williams Lake and Smithers
I had been planning on driving to Bella Coola on Day 54, June 18th, but a forecast for rain and a nag that something wasn’t right stopped me, and I headed to Williams Lake and then north instead. I decided that Smithers would be a good destination, making it...
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Backroads exploring into Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park
While boondocking at Farwell Canyon for 3 days, the dogs and I took the morning of Day 53, June 17th, to explore Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park, located above Farwell Canyon at the junction of the Fraser and Chilcotin Rivers. Access to the park is officially described as “difficult,...
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Boondocking and exploring at Farwell Canyon and its desert
On Day 51 of the trip, June 15th, I headed northwest from Lone Butte to Farwell Canyon, off the Bella Coola road west of Williams Lake. I had intended it to be 2 nights of boondocking, but it got extended to 3, and could easily have been a week....
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Driving from Lillooet to Hat Creek Ranch and Lone Butte
After 3 excellent days camped in Lillooet, on Day 49 of the trip, June 13th, we moved on to visit a high school friend and her husband in Lone Butte. On the way, I finally stopped to visit historic Hat Creek Ranch. We pulled away from the Fraser Cove...
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Driving from Lillooet to Goldbridge and Bralorne
One of my aims for our visit to Lillooet was to spend a day on “the road much less travelled”, to the historic gold mining towns of Goldbridge and Bralorne. What a day it was! There are 58 photos and a map in this post. Click here to open...
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Back for another look at the Duffey Lake Road
On the drive to Lillooet, I disconnected the Tracker to go back for a better look at the western section of the Duffey Lake Road, the climb up from Pemberton. On Day 47, June 11th, I went back for a look at the eastern section, the even more dramatic...
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Exploring Lillooet: Fraser Cove RV Park, Fort Berens Winery, and much more
As I mentioned in my last post, within a couple of hours of arriving at the Fraser Cove RV Park in Lillooet, I had booked a third night. I had lots to see and do in Lillooet and the area. The photos and commentary in this post are from...
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Driving from Pemberton to Lillooet on the Duffey Lake Road
For the past few weeks, my regular readers have been travelling with me through a world of ocean views and big trees. On Day 46 of the trip, June 10th, I crossed over the coastal mountains on the Duffey Lake Road into the dry Interior of British Columbia, to...
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Hiking at Nairn Falls Provincial Park, BC
I expect that many people camp at Nairn Falls Provincial Park while they’re using the vast network of mountain biking trails around Pemberton. For me, the hike to Nairn Falls was the draw. The sign to the right at the start of the trail says: “Nairn Fall, 1.5 Km....
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