Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Day 2 (dad)
Williams Lake to Clearwater Lake
The density of the vehicles is approx. a dozen every hour. We are in ranch country now. After a short trek we come upon the Fraser River. The valley here is spectacular with a motorcyle as you drop quickly into the valley but more rewarding as you climb back up to the plateau along the switchback corners and the narrow pavement. We stop at the Hanceville lookout rest stop and Baxter enjoys the stinkiest outhouse experience while I find a tree overlooking the incredible valley. We weave in and out of thundershowers during this stretch, at one point believing we have the upper hand. We get periodic bursts of rain and extend our stop in Alexis Creek store a few minutes while the tail end of the storm passes. Just past Tatla Lake the road turns rougher. We are now on compacted gravel that has been treated, similar to Buckhorn road. My map doesn't disguish between types of roads but the map that Bax got from Grandpa shows these differences.
The density of the vehicles is approx. a dozen every hour. We are in ranch country now. After a short trek we come upon the Fraser River. The valley here is spectacular with a motorcyle as you drop quickly into the valley but more rewarding as you climb back up to the plateau along the switchback corners and the narrow pavement. We stop at the Hanceville lookout rest stop and Baxter enjoys the stinkiest outhouse experience while I find a tree overlooking the incredible valley. We weave in and out of thundershowers during this stretch, at one point believing we have the upper hand. We get periodic bursts of rain and extend our stop in Alexis Creek store a few minutes while the tail end of the storm passes. Just past Tatla Lake the road turns rougher. We are now on compacted gravel that has been treated, similar to Buckhorn road. My map doesn't disguish between types of roads but the map that Bax got from Grandpa shows these differences.
# posted by bax or dad @ 4:54 PM 
