In late July we headed off for what was supposed to be a 3 week trip up the Alaska Highway to Liard Hotsprings, Yukon, and then down the Stewart Cassiar Highway with a few days visit with my mom in Smithers. See last year's version. This year we were going with our wilderness paddling friends and planned some river trips as we traveled along.
But Leo wasn't feeling so great so we left two days late, missing out on Carp Lake, and joining our friends further north in Tumbler Ridge. We did the whole distance in one 8-hour drive, stopping for a view over the Peace River near Chetwynd.
We camped at Gwillum Lake Provincial Park, 30 minutes from the town of Tumbler Ridge. This was a great campsite on a beautiful lake. We never got out in our boats, but swam every day.
There's a nice trail following the lakeshore that ends at a beaver dam.
We surprised a beaver! He slapped his tail and was gone. He was one of the few mammals we saw in Tumbler Ridge.
The next morning we headed into TR to check out the tourist info centre and pick up some hiking pamphlets.
Tumbler Ridge is known for coal mining and dinosaurs. In 2000, 2 boys discovered Dinosaur tracks when they were tubing down Flatbed Creek. This led to the discovery that dinosaur tracks and fossils were everywhere!
While we were at the info centre Birgit and Dale discovered that their Jeep wouldn't start. In the end they had to take their truck to Dawson Creek (120 km away) to get it repaired. It was Friday before the long weekend so it didn't look good.
The next day we visited the Dinosaur museum
And then hiked down to Flatbed Creek to see them in person.
The actual tracks the boys found were across the creek. They were mostly eroded away by the river.
Just downstream was Flatbed Falls. It was busy with swimmers.
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