Lillooet

Most of the late overnight RV’s are gone by the time we get up and make breakfast. We take a short detour at Williams Lake for a Tim Hortons, coffee and donut stop. Sitting in the RV Linda and I are using our cell connection to get some work done.  This woman approaches Linda and tells her she was pick-pocketed by someone in front of Tim Hortons, Linda thinks she is setting up a scam, so we leave. As soon as we get back on RT97 we pass another Tim Hortons that would have not required a detour. Not always a lot of A.I. in some of our navigation apps.

A little later I remember that our video rear view “mirror” records forward and rear video in a two hour  loop.  I stop and look at the video at Tim Hortons and don’t see anything to back up her story.

Just north of Cache Creek we get off RT97 and head west on RT99 toward Whistler.  RT 99 is remote ranch land. We are on the dry side of the coast mountain ranges, so the grasses are getting pretty dry. There are lots of fields that have irrigation, which I was not expecting to see in this area.

It is nearly 50 miles before we get to the town of Lillooet, first chance to get fuel on RT99. We follow the Frazier River for the last half of the road to Lillooet. The road along the Frazier is an impressive cliff hanger in places with lots of steep grades. The rail line which predates the highway is even more impressive.  I think the Rocky Mountaineer travels through here from Jasper. It must be an impressive train ride. Lillooet has a fairly good size rail yard, which must have been very busy in its heyday. No rail cars in sight today.

Bridge to Lillooet

At the gas station the attendant tells us that the smoky skies we have had all day is from forest fires around Whistler. I hope that will not be a problem tomorrow as we drive to Whistler.

We gas up and leave town further west on RT99 and head to the BC Hydro Dam where they have a free Campground,  BC Hydro Cayoosh Campground.

Campground