Here are some pics from this section, though haven't been able to get all of them up yet:
Last night in Anacortes--Scott brought Maddie over to see Sophie, but Maddie is still a little reticent.
Great blue heron on the morning we left Anacortes
Beautiful mountain views as we approached the Canadian border
Now into Canada, we went through a series of 7 tunnels during our climb of about 4000 feet of elevation, going over Jackass Mountain Pass--what a name, huh?
The Frazier River
We were pretty high up, looking down to the valley, near Hell's Gate
Just love this sign--Hell's Gate Turnaround--one of the few places where you could reverse direction if you needed to
Getting to places where we can clearly see above the tree line
Looking down on the railroad tracks that ran on the other side of the river from the highway--since I spent much of my career representing a railroad, trains are always near and dear to my heart! As my brother Jimmy once said when we heard a train whistle: Jack, that's the sound of your retirement!
Here are some shots showing the still smoldering remains of a fire started by a lightning strike, on the way to Cache Creek
Just love looking down on a river as we drive!
What a difference irrigation makes! Passing a big feed lot operation
Very pretty little church, though we couldn't see any sign to tell us what denomination
Here we are at Hat Creek Ranch, in Cache Creek, BC, our first stop. We were dry camping, so all the rigs were fairly close together in this big grassy area. We were all relaxing while our wagonmaster and tailgunner staff were cooking hotdogs for us! This was our first experience with a group camping like this, but it was a lot of fun, and a great way for us all to get to know each other a little better.
You can see some of the restored outbuildings of Hat Creek Ranch in the background
Our friends from Missouri, Kathy and Ken on the right
Sweet little Maddie, Sophie's shy friend!
Our campfire, where lots of folks roasted marshmallows.
Pretty awesome setting for our first night out, huh??
These are some shots of Dee and Ray, who live in the Villages in Florida--she had been thinking and talking about marshmallows all day, so she got her wish!
Here's Dee, about to pop in her first one--she likes them really burned a little on the outside . . .
. . . so they're a little hot at first--I couldn't believe how this picture turned out, and she was a good sport as we all got a laugh from it--but I know she's planning her payback on me for sometime down the road!!
Sophie was looking at all the dogs
Some of the ranch's horses across the way--a couple of folks went over and fed them some carrots
Our wagon masters, Chuck and Sally, with Gunner, a miniature Alaskan huskie
Sophie likes 'em all, little or big!
Here's her new favorite friend, Daisy, from North Carolina--they are having a ball together, rough housing and tussling--she fell right asleep when we got back to the rig!
The covered wagon "motel room"
Sunrise at Hat Creek Ranch, while I was taking Sophie for her morning walk, before we headed out
Visitor Center at William's Lake, with some stunning log construction!
We stopped at a woodworking shop we had seen written up in the Milepost book, though it turned out to be more of a gift shop than a woodworking shop
Trisha was intrigued with this woman working in the big garden--in a long dress!
On the drive to Prince George
Lots of beautiful wild flowers along the roadside, though hard to get a picture in focus
Love these old barns--this one was log
Coming through Hixon, a small town with these beautiful petunias lining the sidewalks--reminded us of Petosky, Michigan
Beautiful red barn
Sikh Temple in Prince George
Had a couple of these iron bridges to go through, and they were pretty narrow. Fortunately we didn't meet any log trucks like a couple of the other rigs
The sky was just beautiful here!
Some snow above the tree line, on the drive from Prince George to Dawson Creek
The Pine River, which we crossed several times
Ken and Kathy, when we stopped in Chetwynd, the Woodcarving Capital of the World!
One of the carvings from previous years
Here are some from this year's competition--this one had big angel wings, covering a skeleton!
the head would move--pretty amazing how they did that, but a bit spooky!
Like a ship's prowess
Along the walkway where they had this year's winners displayed, to be moved to permanent locations around town
A snake!
Deer and beaver
The fish
ET call home!!
Neptune
The angler
Couple of turtles . . .
Beautiful tree carving, had a sunflower on the other side
The goalie, third place winner
Gorgeous bench, with dogwood blossoms on either end
Tiger got his prey
The cowboy at rest
A panther hunting dinner
First place winner--On Eagles Wings
A butterfly on the screen over our radiator
Here we are in Dawson Creek, at the beginning of the Alcan Highway, now known by the locals as just the Alaska Highway
Our tailgunner, Lorrin, his wife, Nyla, Sally, her husband, Chuck, our wagonmaster
Last night in Anacortes--Scott brought Maddie over to see Sophie, but Maddie is still a little reticent.
Great blue heron on the morning we left Anacortes
Beautiful mountain views as we approached the Canadian border
Now into Canada, we went through a series of 7 tunnels during our climb of about 4000 feet of elevation, going over Jackass Mountain Pass--what a name, huh?
The Frazier River
Just love this sign--Hell's Gate Turnaround--one of the few places where you could reverse direction if you needed to
Getting to places where we can clearly see above the tree line
Looking down on the railroad tracks that ran on the other side of the river from the highway--since I spent much of my career representing a railroad, trains are always near and dear to my heart! As my brother Jimmy once said when we heard a train whistle: Jack, that's the sound of your retirement!
Here are some shots showing the still smoldering remains of a fire started by a lightning strike, on the way to Cache Creek
Just love looking down on a river as we drive!
What a difference irrigation makes! Passing a big feed lot operation
Very pretty little church, though we couldn't see any sign to tell us what denomination
Here we are at Hat Creek Ranch, in Cache Creek, BC, our first stop. We were dry camping, so all the rigs were fairly close together in this big grassy area. We were all relaxing while our wagonmaster and tailgunner staff were cooking hotdogs for us! This was our first experience with a group camping like this, but it was a lot of fun, and a great way for us all to get to know each other a little better.
You can see some of the restored outbuildings of Hat Creek Ranch in the background
Our friends from Missouri, Kathy and Ken on the right
Sweet little Maddie, Sophie's shy friend!
Our campfire, where lots of folks roasted marshmallows.
Pretty awesome setting for our first night out, huh??
These are some shots of Dee and Ray, who live in the Villages in Florida--she had been thinking and talking about marshmallows all day, so she got her wish!
Here's Dee, about to pop in her first one--she likes them really burned a little on the outside . . .
. . . so they're a little hot at first--I couldn't believe how this picture turned out, and she was a good sport as we all got a laugh from it--but I know she's planning her payback on me for sometime down the road!!
Sophie was looking at all the dogs
Some of the ranch's horses across the way--a couple of folks went over and fed them some carrots
Our wagon masters, Chuck and Sally, with Gunner, a miniature Alaskan huskie
Sophie likes 'em all, little or big!
Here's her new favorite friend, Daisy, from North Carolina--they are having a ball together, rough housing and tussling--she fell right asleep when we got back to the rig!
The covered wagon "motel room"
Sunrise at Hat Creek Ranch, while I was taking Sophie for her morning walk, before we headed out
Visitor Center at William's Lake, with some stunning log construction!
We stopped at a woodworking shop we had seen written up in the Milepost book, though it turned out to be more of a gift shop than a woodworking shop
Trisha was intrigued with this woman working in the big garden--in a long dress!
On the drive to Prince George
Lots of beautiful wild flowers along the roadside, though hard to get a picture in focus
Love these old barns--this one was log
Coming through Hixon, a small town with these beautiful petunias lining the sidewalks--reminded us of Petosky, Michigan
Beautiful red barn
Sikh Temple in Prince George
Had a couple of these iron bridges to go through, and they were pretty narrow. Fortunately we didn't meet any log trucks like a couple of the other rigs
The sky was just beautiful here!
Some snow above the tree line, on the drive from Prince George to Dawson Creek
The Pine River, which we crossed several times
Ken and Kathy, when we stopped in Chetwynd, the Woodcarving Capital of the World!
One of the carvings from previous years
Here are some from this year's competition--this one had big angel wings, covering a skeleton!
the head would move--pretty amazing how they did that, but a bit spooky!
Like a ship's prowess
Along the walkway where they had this year's winners displayed, to be moved to permanent locations around town
A snake!
Deer and beaver
The fish
ET call home!!
Neptune
The angler
Couple of turtles . . .
Beautiful tree carving, had a sunflower on the other side
The goalie, third place winner
Gorgeous bench, with dogwood blossoms on either end
Tiger got his prey
The cowboy at rest
A panther hunting dinner
First place winner--On Eagles Wings
A butterfly on the screen over our radiator
Here we are in Dawson Creek, at the beginning of the Alcan Highway, now known by the locals as just the Alaska Highway
Our tailgunner, Lorrin, his wife, Nyla, Sally, her husband, Chuck, our wagonmaster