Daily Archives: June 13, 2004

Heartland Family Restaurant, Cache Creek

Mmm, Canadian beer. Literally; the brand name is “Canadian”. Yum.

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Cache Creek, BC

We stopped for the night in Cache Creek. Steph went in to check into the motel, and I entertained myself with the cop car parked out front. I don’t know why this surprised me, but it made me very happy … Continue reading

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Lytton, BC

Lytton’s big claim to fame is that two big rivers meet there (the Fraser and the Thompson). We stopped for gas, where Steph explained the nuances of the metric system to an old man in an RV who managed to … Continue reading

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More Hell’s Gate

After buying fudge, we wandered out onto the bridge spanning the Fraser. The river was a bit higher than normal; about 160′ deep. It didn’t look anywhere near that deep, especially given the turbulence of the surface. It started pouring … Continue reading

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Hell’s Gate fudge shop

What’s a chasm filled with roaring rapids without a candy store? Exactly! We took the Hell’s Gate air tram down into the canyon, which was all kinds of fun. The bottom section is chock full of the sort of random … Continue reading

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