Pitter, patter, pitter, patter. All we heard today - rain, clouds, cool made it impossible to see the tops of the mountains. We back tracked a few kms to Hell's Gate Gorge where the mighty Fraser River flows thru a gorge 33 meters wide. Rode the gondola down to the river edge where we walked the suspension bridge over the gorge and watched a video on Simon Fraser's exploration of the River. Fraser's quote " We had to travel where no human being should venture for surely we have encountered the gates of hell" after climbing the mountain sides to get by the gorge. Also watched a documentary on a salmon's life cycle on the Fraser River and its spawning grounds. There are fish ladders along the side to help the salmon get thru the gorge.
The roads today were not highways - they were narrow, windy,steep in places with a 15 degree grade for you truckers out there and one lane bridges. We had beautiful scenery even without seeing the mountain tops, drove thru a lot of small Indian reservations, saw deer, met log trucks in the middle of no where, one lane traffic thru a previous rock slide, a stop in Lytton to see where the Fraser (brown and murky) meets the Thompson (blue and clear)(a clear line can be seen),and visited the museum in Lytton. We noted that the word "Resort" is used very loosely out here. Beware, we don't think there would be a chocolate on your pillow.
We stopped in a little town called Lillooet decorated with Jade art work on the streets and had several interesting encounters with people - a German girl (who worked on a farm in Pugwash) and her Mom and Uncle who were touring western Canada, a couple from Holland at the restaurant and a local who lived way out back of the town on a road he said we would not want to travel on :-) On to Whistler and the campground. Rain - no barbecue but do have the hockey game on TV - Go Chicago
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