Taking The Back Way From Whistler to Penticton

The two vehicles are heading home

10:30 a.m.

We're on the road

First "meet up" is

Lilloet

I thought this was a different looking house

log cabin on the top half

When I saw the sign "Lillooet Lake Rodeo"

I thought

boy, wouldn't that be a fun place

Everyone in the community

would be together

I wouldn't want to be there though....

'tough on the animals'

This is Lillooet Lake

You're driving along and all of a sudden

you come to the lake and it is a

magnificent sight

Here we are

climbing, climbing

We passed several signs posting

Avalanche area

Just last week there had been an avalanche

at Mt. Currie

I actually had to have" the driver" stop the van
What a breathtaking view
How can something be soooo beautiful???
I do know why!!!!!

The two vehicles met at a gas station in Lillooet

The seniors were keeping up to the big guy!

As we were pulling away this truck came cruising in

The dog had free rein of the bed

I sure hope the driver didn't have to

stop abruptly

This looks like a great summer place

OMGosh

The horse was on the side of the road

in a ditch area

his buddies were up on the hill

We have seen many old homes on our trip west

If walls could talk

we would have their story

A church built into the hill

I wonder if the doors open on Sunday?

An old school at Spences Bridge

The school bell is still intact

We have arrived at our second meeting place

The seniors, their dog and 2 cats are lagging behind

The big guy, his wife, 2 children and the dog waited 20 minutes

We arrived 5 minutes later

MESSAGE

We'll see you in Merritt

We were going to have lunch at the hotel

in Spences Bridge

No such luck

They had just opened for the season

only serving tea, coffee, scons

I cannot tell you how many crosses and monuments

we have seen while travelling the roads of

the USA and Canada

Your heart aches each time

I could see the horse having the time of it's life

rolling on his back

but

by the time.......seconds

we drove by

the camera lady had missed the moment

and

the fence post just happened to be right in the middle of the picture!!!!!

Hmmmmmmm....funny position for a plane

Here is another church 

How pretty with it's blue paint

Very quaint!

In the corner of the photo is looks

like a T shirt is hanging on a stick

Some kind of a scare crow thing?

I need to travel the road again so I can see

for myself what is next door to the church

Coming into Merritt

A pulp company

A very impressive building I must say

Now that we have 'a signal'

we have corresponded with the big guy

they are now on the......

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SPELL THIS WORD AND THE BC PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LAUGH AT ME SO I WILL SPELL IT AS IT SOUNDS

COKE-A-HAUL-A

His last words are

It is snowing but the roads are clear

We first drove around Merritt looking

for their vehicle then once

we got the call that they were on their way

we decided to find a fast food place

The driver and I were STARVING

What do we have here

a full blown blizzard

on the

COKE-A-HAUL-A

Hey, we're snowbirds

We don't deal with snow storms anymore do we????

It was quite the ride let me tell you

You know, when your heart is pounding a mile a minute

We're now in Summerland and the sun is shining

Couldn't help but not take a picture

of GRANNY'S fruit stand

We drive up the hill

Get out of the van

The dog greets the child

and

What do we see?

The Dad and son playing their favourite game!!

The big guy says

'Where have you been ?"

"We've been home for an hour"

It is now 5:30 p.m.

YIKES!!

PS

They were ahead of the storm

we were in the storm