Hell's Gate (#2 of 2)

At the cafe down below they have all these beautiful flowers and all these birds and of course a lot of furry friends.

This is the last picture of our motorhome in Canada.  All in one piece except for dings on the windshield and car. We were about 83 miles from the border (as in the USA) so we decided to keep on going.
 

We drove over 6,500 miles (including side trips) in 1-1/2 months.  If you want to know if we'd do it again - probably not - but if you ask if we're happy we went - you betcha.  This has been one experience that we'll never forget - the beauty of both Canada and Alaska is unreal.  We met so many great people (family included) and saw a completely different life style then what we're use to.

P.S.  And it's just really really nice to have the phone, internet and TV back!

Hell's Gate BC (#1 of 2)

This is Hell's Gate the narrowest point on the Fraser River.  They have a tram that takes you  500 FEET DOWN and ACROSS THE RUSHING RIVER to a cafe and shopping complex that overlooks the river (good thing).

                                                   This is the tram we're about to get on .

                                               

   

Looking down from the tram. (Well one of us was.) 

The last day of the season (for the tram - sometime in October) they give everyone a pumpkin and they have this contest to see who gets it the closest to the circle - not sure what you win - probably a pumpkin! lol

                                  Looking for salmon swimming up the river and waiting on lunch.

The two trams passing over the river.

                            This is what they built to help the salmon get by this part of the river.

            They enter here and there are about 8 chambers throughout this so it's easier for them to swim.

                                  And they come out here at the top and continue on up the river.

This is the train you take if you're on a land tour of Canada and Alaska (Rocky Mountaineer) - they kind of slow down and people on the train take pictures of Hell's Gate and we take pictures of them!

Will going out on the bridge - when you look down all you see is water, rushing water -  I made it half way (which I thought was pretty good).

                                             Looking from the bridge back towards the cafe.

Cache Creek to Hell's Gate, BC

Here are just a few pictures of the completely different terrain we went through.  This is Cache Creek and it's called the Arizona of Canada.  Their climate is semi-arid, with hot, dry summers and cold, dry winters.

Really unreal when you see the sage brush and then in the distance you see a mountain with snow on it.

Prince George to Williams Lake, BC

We got to this little town of Williams Lake and their visitor center was unreal.  All down the road we'd been seeing all these log cabins and logging companies - so we stopped in - wow how beautiful it was.  Here are a few of the pictures we took.

                                          And all over Alaska and Canada they love their flowers.

Muncho Lake, BC to Prince George, BC

Got up the next morning and this was the sun trying to come thru the clouds.

                                                           We then went to fill up with gas.

If I had known this - I might have stayed in bed.  Because this guy is out in never never land and it's so far out to deliver fuel his prices are outrageous!!  Well - it is what it is!!!

                                                            At least the scenery is pretty.

                                                      AND yes here we go again!

                            The pilot car no sooner left us and the clouds started coming down.

                                                                              Scary
                                                                                   
               
                     

These are canola (oil) fields - they are everywhere - so pretty.

Now we're leaving Dawson Creek and heading for Prince George (where we are now as in today July 23rd) We are heading over the Rocky Mountains - little rain today but still pretty.

We got to our RV park and guess what - Direct TV is back (after 1 month) the internet at this place is great and phone service is great - I may just live!!