Day Trip to Farwell Canyon

Our friends Ken and Sue stopped by on their way home from Haida Gwai and we made a day trip out to Farwell Canyon together.

On our way in we got a great view of a cinnamon bear walking through the woods (but no good photos).

Leo and Ken hiked up to the sand dunes

But first they had to go down to cross a gully

And Sue and I drove down to the homestead on the Chilcotin River.

See those two black spots perched on the dune?

They made it!

Afterwards we drove back down to the bridge to check out the view.

The water was roiling.

Next we visited the nearby pictographs.

 What a beautiful spot!

As we drove up out of the canyon we spotted the cinnamon bear again and then this big mama bear

And her yearling cub (?).  

We took the Meldrum Creek road backand checked out the Till Lake recreation site for possible future low gas consumption camping. Maybe not (The road in was muddy and rutted due to active logging in rainy conditions).

We spotted a large red-legged frog hanging out near the shore.

We crossed the Fraser River on Rudy Johnson Bridge and drove home on the Soda Creek Road past the fire that forced the evacuation of Williams Lake in 2017.