Before we head South towards the US border we decide to visit the Wells Gray Provincial Park to take a look at 'Helmcken Falls', the road also heads out to Clearwater Lake but with the amount of lakes around here we give it a miss.
This park is where the white-water rafting took place & is an area of fantastic natural beauty, the weather is not perfect with some light showers.
The information provided in these parks is fantastic, this particular sign informs us that this area is home to 30 different types of mosquito, after a quick 'bathroom' visit to the woods I think they all found me & not in the most appropriate place!!
The road to the falls also passes 'Dawson Falls' & the 'Mush Bowl', the volume of water is incredible, no hose pipe ban here.
The road passes a number of green meadows bursting with wild flowers & a remote golf course, the Canadians are certainly geared up for outdoor recreation.
We turn off highway 5 at Louis Creek, again the train passes close to a lake but this time it did appear on cue.
We plot a route to the US avoiding a couple of major towns including Kamloops, it takes us past past Adams Lake which looks great in the sun.
The route includes a gravel section used as a logging road but the surface is good, at a sawmill we can see how the truckers load the rear section of their trucks having offloaded the delivery of logs.
Timber is also delivered via the lake with pontoons dragged behind tugs, the timber in Canada is however running out & the trade is shrinking.
Not far from Sorrento we see some signs for a motorcycle museum, it means we will have to change our final destination but we can't pass it by.
The display includes bikes from around the world with many of the usual British makes & of course some BMW's, a great audio tour also provides details of most of the exhibits.
We met the owner Mark Lane who casts an envious eye over my bike (Yah right!!), for more details of the museum visit www.dreamcycle.ca.
The museum is close to Chris in Sicamous, if you pay him a visit make sure you take a trip here.
This park is where the white-water rafting took place & is an area of fantastic natural beauty, the weather is not perfect with some light showers.
The information provided in these parks is fantastic, this particular sign informs us that this area is home to 30 different types of mosquito, after a quick 'bathroom' visit to the woods I think they all found me & not in the most appropriate place!!
The road passes a number of green meadows bursting with wild flowers & a remote golf course, the Canadians are certainly geared up for outdoor recreation.
We turn off highway 5 at Louis Creek, again the train passes close to a lake but this time it did appear on cue.
We plot a route to the US avoiding a couple of major towns including Kamloops, it takes us past past Adams Lake which looks great in the sun.
The route includes a gravel section used as a logging road but the surface is good, at a sawmill we can see how the truckers load the rear section of their trucks having offloaded the delivery of logs.
Timber is also delivered via the lake with pontoons dragged behind tugs, the timber in Canada is however running out & the trade is shrinking.
Not far from Sorrento we see some signs for a motorcycle museum, it means we will have to change our final destination but we can't pass it by.
The display includes bikes from around the world with many of the usual British makes & of course some BMW's, a great audio tour also provides details of most of the exhibits.
We met the owner Mark Lane who casts an envious eye over my bike (Yah right!!), for more details of the museum visit www.dreamcycle.ca.
The museum is close to Chris in Sicamous, if you pay him a visit make sure you take a trip here.
Looks fantastic
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