Road trip to Whistler BC and on to Cache Creek BC

 

It's trying to be sunny this morning. We were all ready to hit the road by 8:30, heading up to Whistler for a “loop” drive. 

There wasn't too much traffic in the road this morning once we cleared Vancouver. The route became BC's famous Sea to Sky highway, and is a great drive, although a bit misty this morning.

Near Whistler we stopped in to Whistler Brewing and had some small samples:

 

We got to Whistler about 11:30, fixed salmon on a bun & some chips for lunch. The gondola ride is only operating on weekends right now, and otherwise the Whistler "downtown" seemed mostly expensive boutiques - quite disappointing, not our kind of place at all. 

But an hour’s drive up the road we stopped and hiked 3 km up to Nairn Falls. Really pretty and a good break. The scenery got better as we went along. We made several more stops to ogle the mountains and valleys. 

 

Part of the route we were on was still unpaved

Heavy rail traffic on the other side of the river sometimes

Rails often followed river valleys

Still in use today

 

Later we stopped at a hotel in Lillooet for a great ham steak supper. All 4 of us had it, being the daily special for $7.95 - soup/salad, dinner, tea & Jello - really good, and a nice change from fast food on the road.

Scenery changed on the 1 ½ hr drive from Lillooet to Cache Creek where we stopped for the night. Along the way we saw miles of ginseng fields. Terrain changed from foothills to drier, more desert-like terrain, deep Fraser R canyon. 

We camped at Cache Creek cg about 8pm, right beside the creek. D&B are in a motel in town, about 2 km away. Lovely cg setting, dry hills, sage, coyote/wolves serenading.