Lovely Afternoon in the Chilcotin

Sybille and Dave showed up in the early afternoon last week so we headed out to the Chilcotin to hike up to the dunes at Farwell Canyon.

It was a fabulous fall day as you can see.  We stopped at the side of the road to see a number of rough-legged hawks (4 or 5) hovering in the sky in their migration south.

Hiking toward the dunes.  With all the rain this summer the grass was lush and thick.

We met a couple of people on the hike but then had the dunes and the view to ourselves.

Fabulous view:

Afterwards we made the obligatory short sidetrip to the nearby pictograph site.

And on the way out we came across a herd of California Bighorn sheep.

The bigger of 2 rams had impressive horns: