Caravaners - One More Time

We drove through quite a variety of landscapes today, from the high plateau and desert dry "Arizona" of British Columbia in Cache Creek, through Marble Canyon, along the Fraser River to the lofty peaks of the Cayoosh Range of the Coast Mountains. Seven miles out of Cache Creek we turned southwest on Highway #99, a skinny, red-line highway with steep grades of 13% to 15% and hairpin curves with 12-mph speed limits and frequent runaway truck lanes, all the way to Whistler, where we are camped this evening and will be for the next two days.

What are the chances of this happening? As we made the turn onto #99, turning just before us we could see another Airstream. We caught up and determined that it was the Tutens, Charlie (he was the Totem Pole in the Farewell Banquet skits) and Peggy (the retired librarian). It took quite a while before they could find a place to pull over, but as we passed through a 1-lane tunnel under the railway, there was a large gravel turn-out where we both stopped for a visit. It was great to be able to see our fellow Caravaners one more time. They were only going as far as Pemberton while we were going on to Whistlers, so we said good-bye.

12 miles along #99 we passed the Graymont Pavilion Plant that produces a range of lime and limestone products.

The Tutens beginning the drive through Marble Canyon. 

We all have to live somewhere!

Pavilion Lake 

Wild horse inhabit this "Arizona" landscape.

If you enlarge the picture you might see the railroad tunnel.

Fraser River 

The Tutens stop for a visit.

A vineyard and winery at Lillooet. This town is perched high above the Fraser River and shares the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada: 111.9F in July 1941. The town dates back to the Cariboo gold rush.

Power Canal 1-lane bridge. 

The forested mountain peaks begin.

Joffre Peak above Duffey Lake.

Peaks near Pemberton

Settling in at Whistler.