Day 64- September 10, 2008

Day 64
September 10, 2008
Brookside RV Park
Cache Creek, B.C. Canada

This part of Canada is so totally different from anything we have seen in other parts of Canada. Yesterday, we were driving through farm land with lots of fields and cattle and then "boom" here we were in a whole different world. It's almost like we are in the wild west. The mountains are so strange, for want of a better word. Last night as we were driving into Cache Creek, it was almost dark and the mountains were almost scary looking. One of the guys here at the campground told Merrell that they were making a movie here about the last days of the world and I can believe it We were so intrigued by the mountains that we drove back to Clinton today and stopped to take pictures. Clinton is only a few miles back from where we camped last night. We went to a couple of antique shops and ate lunch and took more pictures and came back to the campground around 4 p.m.



Donna and Merrell at the mountain close to Cache Creek, B.C., Canada


Another view of the mountains



And yet another view of the mountains



And yet ANOTHER view of the mountains




I love old wagons and this one was at a "junk" store in Clinton.



Merrell, Chuck and Carolee with another red wagon in Clinton






This old wagon was in front of the Winery at Cache Creek, but unfortunately the Winery was closed!!! Doesn't this look like it could have been taken in the Wild West somewhere??




Carolee spotted this neat old abandoned Church near Cache Creek so we drove up and took a few pictures. It is really tall and narrow. Such a shame that it is abandoned and surrounded by a lot of trash. I couldn't see a name anywhere, so we don't know what kind of church it was.


We saw this place yesterday on the way in, but could not get good pictures from the window of the motorhome, so we went back today and took a few pictures. The horse wasn't too co-operative and wouldn't look at the camera, but other than that the picture came out OK. We got some more pictures of old buildings and barns, but I figured I shouldn't post toooooooo many more pictures today.

We had a nice day today. The weather was wonderful!! The warmest we've had in quite awhile. LOL

I guess we will be leaving here tomorrow and crossing the border into Washington. At least I think that is the plan.

We will be back in touch as soon as we have cell and/or internet service.

Love,
US

Day 63, September 9, 2008,

Updated and pictures posted, September 9, 2008
I couldn't sleep, so I decided to upload some pictures. I think the new pictures go back three or four posts, so you will need to scroll to those dates to see the updated pictures. The pictures I posted from our drive on the South Klondike Highway from Skagway are especially pretty pictures. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as we enjoyed taking them.

Day 63 Continued
September 9, 2008
Brookside RV Park
Cache Creek, BC Canada

We had a beautiful drive today. It was in the 60's and the sun was shining and the road was good. What more can you ask???? Fortunately this RV Park has WiFi and our satellite works, so Carolee and I are happy......................

This part of Canada is totally different than the way we went through on the way to Canada. We all like this side much the best. There are a lot of farmland with cattle and hay fields and a lot of areas where forestry is the main industry. AND the best part of all is Canada has a LOT of old barns. We tried to take pictures, but once again Merrell wasn't into stopping every few miles for us to take pictures. I can't understand why???

I will try to post pictures from the past few days as soon as I can get around to it. I'm too tired tonight.

We may stay here a day or so before we head over the border. It should only take us about 3 hours or so to get there from here. There was a neat little town we passed on the way here that we may go back to tomorrow and do some "touristy" stuff. That is, AFTER I sleep in. We've been getting up early and getting on the road so I want to sleep in tomorrow.

Catch ya later,
Love, US

Here are some of the pictures we took today on the drive to Cache Creek, B.C.



I took this picture out of the window of the motor home, but I think the camera was kind of crooked!!! It is a cute little log church.



This part of Canada had a lot of beautiful fields with cattle and horses and my favorite BARNS!!



Check out this really neat white barn



We stopped in a town called Quesnel in British Columbia, Canada that is known as the city of a million blooms. After seeing these flowers, I know how it got it's name. The huge green plants are Castor Beans. They are beautiful, but poisonous.



Merrell really likes the Castor Bean plants too.


The flower beds at the Visitors Center in Quesnel, B.C. Canada were spectacular. I sure wish I could grow flowers like this.