We drove through Williams Lake and saw some sculptures for the Williams Lake Stampede and the British Columbia Cowboy Hall of Fame is in Williams Lake.
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We’ve seen a lot of stone or rock inukshuks, but this is the first wooden one we’ve seen.
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Then we saw this animal crossing sign which is different from all the other wildlife crossing signs we’ve seen. We thought maybe a badger or wolverine, but they have longer tails than this. We’re still puzzled.
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Since leaving Williams Lake we have driven through small towns with the names 150 Mile House, 140 Mile House and we drove through 100 Mile House where we saw these giant cross-country skis.
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These towns were on the Cariboo Wagon Road and they were named according to the distance they were from Lillooet which was Mile 0 where gold had been discovered.
Once we passed through Cache Creek the terrain changed again and we are driving through the Fraser Canyon.
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We could see railroad tunnels across the Fraser River from us that had been built in the Fraser Canyon for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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We drove through the China Bar Tunnel that was built in 1960 and is one of the longest tunnels (almost 2,300 ft.) in North America. This is one of seven tunnels we will drive through in the Fraser Canyon.
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We passed by Hell’s Gate Airtram where 2 25-passenger airtrams take people down 500 feet across the Fraser River to view the narrowest point. It was the most difficult terrain for construction of the highway and railroad and earned it’s name Hell’s Gate.
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When we were just south of Cache Creek when we had to pull over and change from our long-sleeve shirts to short sleeves. We were now far enough south that the temperature had warmed up into the mid-70's. We even turned the generator on so we could run the air conditioner.
We stopped at a rest area next to Lake of the Woods just north of Hope – what a beautiful place to stop! The Lake of the Woods is just gorgeous.
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We arrived at Camperland RV Resort just after 4:00.
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We are staying here under our Adventures Outdoor Resorts (AOR) membership. Our campsite fee is $9 and we paid extra for cable TV and wi-fi for tonight, so our total for tonight is $16.35. The standard rate here for full hook-ups is $52 a night – that’s why we like our campground memberships.
We are in campsite #43, a pull-through, with full hook-ups (50-amp elec). The campsites are separated by tall hedges and the whole campground is very attractive – it actually looks like a resort! We didn’t take any photos today of the campground, but get some tomorrow before we leave.
We are right next to the laundry and I gathered up a few loads of clothes. There were standard dryers and a few larger ones and I chose to use the smaller one for $1.50 for 45 minutes – bad choice! Our clothes were still damp when the 45 minutes were up and I transferred them over to the larger dryers where a quarter got you 4 minutes of drying time. Yes, that was 4 minutes for $.25 – that was the main reason I didn’t choose the larger dryers in the first place.
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