strangers are friends you’ve never on Fraser Lake. The park has 49 well we tried unsuccessfully to unload
met before. spaced sites, a big picnic area and this albatross. “What can we barter
Williams Lake has the most
sani-dump. After supper we were for?” Dave asked. “Go ask the meat
outstanding tourism office in
treated to a very unusual sunset. seller if he’d trade meat for a table,”
Canada; a 13,000 sq.ft log building
As it set behind the distant shore, a I suggested. They got a table and
housing an interpretive centre and
double halo glowed over the sun. we got meat.
offices. They don’t mind RV’s pulling Next, Camping BC sent us to Tyhee With regal glacier topped mountains
in there for the night so we pulled Lake Provincial Park, 10 km out of beside us we drove into the rich
alongside three others. Smithers where we would be doing farmland of the Buckley Valley.
Our next destination is Robert’s
a farmer’s market. We left relaxed New Hazelton, “Totem Capital of
Roost Campground, south of
and leisurely at 10 am, but only 30 the World”, has their tourism office
Quesnel. We follow the signs
minutes later at Fraser Lake, a road by the highway with a sani-dump.
down to Dragon Lake. Roberts
block stopped us. “Pull over there We drove two km to the Hagwilget
Roost is a gorgeous campground
behind the office and someone will Vehicle Suspension Bridge spanning
wrapped along the lake with 54
talk to you,” and our hearts sank. 262 ft (80m) over the Bulkley River.
full-service sites. After dinner we
The commercial vehicle unit looked My fear of heights had my insides
take our canoe out as the birds
at Boo and shook their heads. Three in knots looking through the metal
sing and rambunctious ducklings
hours of frustration later, a $138 holes way down to the gorge.
play. Several stops later we arrived
fine, plus parts we hit the road
June 13: At the Kitwanga Junction
in Prince George, “BC’s Northern
again. At least an unknown-to-us
to the Cassiar Highway we filled up
Capital.” To get to Wal-Mart coming
trailer brake problem is fixed.
before tackling its 723 km length to
from the south, we turned off #97 As we entered Telkwa, we turned at the Yukon border.
onto #16 and up the hill where we the Tyhee Provincial Park sign and
Stay tuned for Part 3 and the
stayed overnight. Prince George has into the provincial park with 56 sites
Cassiar Highway stories to Watson
a huge library in the Civic Centre on and a sani-dump. Settled in our cozy
Lake, Yukon.
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