Delle, Phil and four-legged Cooper, Phil’s riding partner.
DEADMAN CREEK FALLS
Tis 4-wheeling adventure took us to a different part of the interior of British Columbia, into the eastern part of the Cariboo.
Our usual 4-wheeling buddies, Tom and Beryl Maxwell were with us, as were a couple other friends, Dot and Korne Riediger. Of course my wife Delle was there, and Cooper, my riding partner. From 100 Mile House, we headed east in our RV’s from the
93 Mile junction of Hwy 97 towards Bridge Lake. Once there we turned south towards Bonaparte Lake; and from this point the road is a well-maintained gravel road with good signs and quite a bit of traffic. Tere were several tree planting camps in the area, and once we reached Bonaparte Lake we found the campsite full of these young people eager to plant trees. We scouted around for a place to set up camp and found a grassy area next to a creek off the logging road that was big enough for all our units, including quad trailers. It had rained quite a bit prior to our arrival so there was no dust on the roads, but plenty of mud to deal with. Tere was some active logging, site preparation, road building, and fence reconstruction on-going in the area, so we knew we would have to be extra careful when 4-wheeling on the open roads. Tis logging road joins another that runs east from Loon Lake, but we had come
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from the north on this trip, wanting to see other parts of the countryside. In the morning we set out around Bonaparte Lake searching
for an abandoned resort we had heard of. We found the entrance just as we were told, by some very large rocks off the main road on the southwest end of the lake. Tere were no signs telling us to keep out, but we leſt our quads by the entrance and then wandered around the rundown buildings taking a few pictures and wondered what had become of the owner who had built this place which was now overgrown with small trees and tall weeds. A lot of time and money had been spent on this resort, and it seemed to us like a huge loss to let this place go back to Mother Nature when so many people could come and enjoy the beauty of the lake from this choice spot. With the provincial campsite being full of tree planters we were sure it would have been used a lot this summer. Across the lake we could see numerous private cabins and cottages running along the north side of this pristine lake. Heading further around the lake we found an old logging road that took us all the way around the eastern end of the lake
Story & Pictures by PHIL MEGYESI
pmegyesi@xplornet.com
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