On the way to Vancouver, via stops in Prince George, and Cache Creek

September 7, 2015

We finally left Smithers today, heading to Vancouver, BC, with stops in Prince George for two nights, then Cache Creek for one night

On the way to Prince George, we passed through Houston, BC, whose claim to fame is this giant fishing pole, for fly fishing. We were going to go through the visitor's center, but it was closed, it's a Labor Day Holiday up here too.

As we travel south, we find fewer hints of fall, there are still pretty flowers in bloom here.

 The giant fishing pole

On the way to Cache Creek, we came upon this really pretty Visitor's center where we spent a couple of hours going through the building and eating lunch

 Terri and Pat lay out lunch, complete with table cloth

 The inside of the center

 This might be most everything you would need for a fun get away week end in BC, might need a bigger vehicle though!!

 Back on the road, notice the difference in the landscape...no trees

This split in the mountain we caused when the glacier that was here many thousands of years pulled back as it receded.

Look closely and you will see what look like windows in the mountain. These are actually the beginning and ending of a tunnel going through the rocks. There is an extension of the tunnel, then the windows, This is here to prevent the debris from the many rock slides from covering the tracks

 Trees on the mountain again, on one side anyway. Fast flowing river...anyone for floating over some rapids???

 This is one of several tunnels we went through

And we find trees again on the other side of the tunnel!!

Solid rock!!

 The tram ride down this little section of the mountain is called Hell's Gate. I was game for riding down, but everyone else said no, they wanted to go on.