Oct 14 2014

Last camping trip for the year

We spent the Thanksgiving weekend with Jeff’s nephew, his family and a whole bunch of other people. We did the group camp thing at Tunkwa Lake, which is a very popular fishing lake in the Kamloops area.

Tunkwa Lake

Saturday evening was the Turkey dinner and our contribution was mashed potatoes – but we made garlic mashed potatoes instead which was awesome! The talk of dinner was – “Gladys’s pots”. Everyone wanted to know where I got the pots that kept the food oh so warm…

The next day we left early for Adams River, at the Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park. 2014 is a peak year for returning Sockeye Salmon. It was pretty cool seeing the vibrant red fishes in the water. Kids being kids, they were captivated by dead salmon and Marcus asked that I take some pictures of dead salmon, which I guess I might as well share.. The place was busy, perhaps more people than fish! LOL. (But mostly Asians.. why?)

2014 Sockeye Salmon run on the Adams River

2014 Sockeye Salmon run on the Adams River

Sockeye

Dead

When we left just before noon, the parking lot had filled up and the road leading into the park was bumper to bumper for about 2kms.. Glad we got there early because Jeff said that he wouldn’t be waiting and would turn around..

That’s it for camping in 2014. We will be winterizing our 5th wheel in a couple of weeks and perhaps start thinking about 2015 trips.

Aug 10 2014

Trip Statistics

Caroline was tasked with keeping track of the wildlife we saw:
Deer: 8
Red Fox: 4
Bison: 31
Black bear: 19
Grizzly bear: 6
Moose: 9
Hares: 9
Caribou: 20, plus a herd of 100+ across the tundra
Eagle: 2
Dall Sheeps: 11

Other stats:
Kilometres driven: 12,000 (1,600 on gravel roads)

Lowest Temperature: 5C
Highest Temperature: 35C
Biggest variance in a day: 5C to 26C

Cheapest Diesel: $1.12
Most Expensive Diesel: $1.89

Cheapest place we stayed: Tok, Alaska, Free
Most Expensive place we stayed: Whitehorse, YK, $40

Most hours of daylight: 22 hours, Inuvik. (Practically no darkness)

Number of photographs: 2,900

Memories: Priceless

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Aug 10 2014

Manning Park

The family had a good time at Manning Park from our lake-view campsite at Lightning Lake. Yesterday we hiked from our campsite to the day-use area to rent a canoe. The lake was quite calm and we were able to keep a good pace rowing to the very end of Lightning Lake. It wasn’t a completely clear day due to the fires in the area but it was still beautiful.
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At the end of the lake we saw something really neat – there is a new waterfront log home…

Approaching home on tree stump island...

Approaching home on tree stump island…

Check out the details. Someone spent a lot of time on it. Made us smile.

Check out the details. Someone spent a lot of time on it. Made us smile.

We had a short break at a beach and Jeff took a dipped into the lake (and how I wish I had my swimsuit underneath…). I didn’t want to deal with shivering children and so they could only go knee deep into the lake.
P1030869The day before everyone dipped into Lightning Lake and the kids were shivering within 5 minutes even though the water was colder at Boya Lake. Everyone had a fun day at Lightning Lake and so our vacation ends 🙁
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We are now back home and preparing for our normal routine again…

Aug 07 2014

Lac La Jeune

We arrived in Lac La Jeune late in the afternoon. With multiple forest fires in the region, visibility was limited due to the smoke. It was especially bad in the Fort Fraser area. We stopped in Quesnel for fuel and groceries, but the real reason is because Jeff needed a haircut… Again.

We are camped at Lac La Jeune for another night. Both Barkerville and Lac La Jeune are unplanned stops, but with the extra days in our schedule we can afford to make these stops and see more of BC. We are off to E.C Manning Park tomorrow where we have reservations for 2 nights at Lightning Lake.

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