BC 2022 : 2022-07-05 : Drive to Doug's

Travel
Type Name Service Provider Origin Destination Cost Notes Actions
Vehicle Drive to Horsefly then Poco Edmonton Port Coquitlam $205.00 1700km. $0.12/km
Never bothered keeping track of gas price before. Recent inflation has changed that. When I got Nemo, it cost about $0.07/km to run and that hasn’t really changed until a couple months ago.
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Camp Doug’s yard in Port Coquitlam Port Coquitlam $0.00


Trip Log

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Leaving Horsefly, just about where the road changes from gravel to pavement, we finally saw the doe with two fawns that Cheryl and Bob had been telling us about.

There was a truck on the other side of the road coming toward us. Mama Doe, Calm Fawn and Panicky Fawn were in the ditch on our side, about 100 feet ahead, and Panicky Fawn was running for his life towards us, trying to stay ahead of the truck. I just completely stopped to wait and put the hazards on.

When the truck had passed, Panicky Fawn stopped running, and was just ahead of us in the ditch. Mama Doe was cautious, but when I switched the engine off, apparently she decided we weren’t a threat because she and Calm Fawn walked up to reunite with Panicky Fawn.

I expected them to leave fairly quickly, but they didn’t. They just hung out there while Brent snapped some pics. After a couple minutes, a car came up behind us, and the deers started crossing the street. Mama Doe went directly while the two fawns kinda dawdled across. Panicky Fawn was very slow in crossing. I restarted the engine and started easing toward the right side of the road which encouraged him in the right direction and he finished crossing the road. As I passed, and the car behind us followed, Panicky Fawn panicked once again and started running up the ditch on the far side. He gave us, and the other car, a good run until we were finally passed him. Silly silly Panicky Fawn. We hope Mama Doe got them both safely into the woods.

Photo (from Brent) below.
Today was a driving day.

We had a nice trip along highway 97 south. Stopped at Centennial Park in 100 Mile House and walked out to see their waterfall.

We missed Painted Chasm because of poor signage but found the Horsting Farmers Market.

Since Highway 97 meets Highway 1 west of Kamloops, it doesn’t make sense to take the Coquihalla, so the old highway it is! I asked Brent to take over the driving in case the cliffier highway scares me.

We had a nice, scenic drive along the Thompson. Where the Thompson meets the Fraser is where the town of Lytton is/was, which had completely burned in last year’s forest fires. I wanted to stop and gawk at it but there were gawk-blockers all along the highway - the road was blocked off and the highway was fenced off. I could see a little through the fence and the town still looks pretty flattened. I don’t know how much rebuilding is happening. Poor Lytton-ites. Lytton-ians?

Shortly past Lytton, we spent some time in a construction zone where they’re using a pilot vehicle to guide folks through a zone with a temporary one-lane bridge.

When we were beyond Hope we took highway 7 instead of the TCH. I don’t think I’ve ever been on it before. Very very nice. Pastoral.
We made it to Poco after a drive that was longer than I expected. Doug plied us with chicken, potato salad and beer. Lisa relinquished her bedroom for us so that we could have a room that ‘Puss’, their nottheircat hasn’t been in. We have the tent set up in the back yard in case the ‘Puss’ dander has leeched into the room but I’m kinda hoping we don’t need to use it since there’s been a bear in the neighborhood lately, and there was a raccoon in the yard when we went to set up the tent.


Photos