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Drive to Alaska, Stop #1
We needed sleep and it had rained just about all day for our first drive. We had left LA just in time to miss the 6+ inches of rain that they got, so we figured it was time to book it out of southern Canada as well...
Anyway, stopped at Seton Lake (created by man for BC hydroelectric power at Selton Dam) because the water was a very …
On the road to the Rockies
... Gold Rush trail and we worked this out after going through a number of small towns and some a bit larger with names like 77 Mile - 100 mile house - 140 mile house - 150 mile etc. Amazing lakes, salt lakes, marshes, creeks, rivers, hills, canyons, farming country including rich irrigation cropping and hay making areas, cattle, horses, goats and we also saw some deer (not farmed but feeding beside the road) and the rare and ...
Day 22, Quesnel BC
A nearly 12-hour day, driving some 700 Km north to Quesnel, including a section of 150 Km on gravel.
Left Vancouver under heavy rain, to Whistler (2010 Winter Olympic Games) and Lillooet, along the valley and beautiful scenery.
The weather cleared and the rally stopped for lunch at a village called Clinton ( population ...
Vancouver BC to Quesnel BC - 667km
... was the car behind. A few seconds later, Nicola looked up at the dash and spotted quite a lot of smoke creeping upwards. After explaining the situation to Richard, the "order" was to turn off the master switch ASAP (fuel in hand - eeeek!). It turned out that the dopey navigator had put the fog lights on instead of turning the lights off and this had caused a short-circuit. Richard then admitted that the ...
One last stop as a group!
... Quesnel. I was intrigued and further 'research' convinced me that Barkerville was some place we needed to visit.
So, what is Barkerville you may ask. Well, it is a town of over 125 historic buildings along with "Historic" townfolks in period dress. Barkerville came into being in 1862 when Billy Barker discovered gold along Williams Creek. This discovery triggered a ...