Jeff has been looking for a spot to wash the truck and RV for a while. We finally found a good spot in Smithers – $20 and lots of J&G elbow grease to get the truck and RV sparking white again.
Onwards to Barkerville where we spent a couple of night there. Barkerville was founded in 1862 during the gold rush in the Cariboo. Today, Barkerville is a historic town with a unique streetscape of over 125 heritage buildings, period room displays and satellite museums. We spent the whole day exploring Barkerville – it is really interesting with actors dressed up in that period walking along the street and a couple stagecoach wagons going through the town.
Caroline with “Billy Barker”, which Barkerville was named after him
We attended a show to see the Cornish Waterwheel in action. The actors were really funny and entertaining and the lady kept on picking on Jeff during their skit.
Believe it or not, there is a chinatown in Barkerville! We had lunch at Lung Duck Tong Restaurant. We also attended a Chinese class while in Chinatown.. Jeff and the kids learnt to write a couple of chinese characters using the traditional chinese brush and also learnt a couple chinese phrases. Before we headed out, the kids did some gold panning and had a few flakes of gold to keep.
See the tiny flecks of gold?
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I’ve driven up that way SO many times and have never stopped in Barkerville. I think I definitely WILL stop the next time I drive that way.
🙂