16C and sunny for an 8am getaway. We splurged on a McD’s breakfast once we got to Prince George. PG is a large attractive-looking city (what little we saw of it); it bills itself as the capital of Northern BC. It even has a Costco. It looked like a place we could live in if we had to move out west. Note though, CBC says Prince George has the highest recorded Radon gas levels found in Canada!

We turned south at PG to hwy 97, down to #26 east to Barkerville, arriving there about 1:30, sunny and 21C. This is a town built to echo the goldrush days, kind of a mining pioneer village. 
$13 each for seniors admission.

The town was fairly busy, and we did a lot of walking. We came away feeling disappointed though. Most of the buildings were open only to look into through a glass or barred entrance. There were very few people around in period costumes, with hardly any guides in the various buildings. We did go into the working bakery for a couple of old-fashioned doughnuts, and enjoyed those!

You can book a site at nearby provincial park right at Barkerville, so we did that on the way in to Barkerville. The site we got was ok, but if we hadn’t pre-booked we would have been on our way in late afternoon. $24 for an unserviced site alongside a very dusty cg road. There were flush toilets though, and pay showers ($1 for 4 minutes).