This then is a pictorial story of my trip, by van, to Prince George and my flight, by WestJet Airlines to Vancouver, to pick up my new van.

My trip North began before the sun was up so all my attempts at pictures turned out blurry as I was hand holding the camera, while driving, and shooting through the closed windows of the van.

Because there was a forest fire, I believe, nowadays, they are called wild fires, out of control near Ashcroft, I elected to take the alternate route through Whistler and Lilloet.

The first pictures that are at all presentable are those I shot as I drove through a quaint little community called Britannia Beach.

Britannia Beach is just under an hours drive North of Vancouver. The highway, know as the Sea to Sky Highway, or the `killer road' has seen several deaths along this section because of rocks falling down upon motorists or people who stop to take pictures. There are signs that say no stopping, but who obeys signs. Certainly not the many people who were killed by crossing the double solid lines while they tried to save time by cutting the corners on the wrong side of the highway.

Because of the nature of the rock that creates the majestic mountains along the coast it is impossible to build the road wider or to slope the sides of the road so that rocks will not fall on the roadway. However, in an effort to obtain the bid for the 2010 Olympics, the government has declared that it will spend several billion dollars to make the highway; wider, straighter, and safer.

As far as keeping the impatient drivers on their side of the road, I have written to the provincial government recommending the placement of concrete barriers along the center line where ever the road was wide enough but they replied by saying that road isn't wide enough.

Britannia Beach was once an important mining town and the remains of the mine is still an important tourist attraction with tours that include a ride on the train through a mine shaft.

The mine has also been used in many movies. I once spent two weeks of nights, in the coldest part of winter, inside the mine, as a prison guard, in the movie `We're No Angels'. They had transformed the mine into a prison.

FERRY LEAVING HORSESHOE BAY	FERRY APPROACHING HORSESHOE BAY
HOWE SOUND
LIONS BAY

JUNCTION TO FURRY CREEK	DOWNHILL TO FURRY CREEK
JUNCTION TO PORTEAU COVE

MISTS RISE OFF THE WATERS OF HOWE SOUND AS THE SUN LIGHTENS THE EARLY MORNING SKY ABOVE THE WEST COAST MOUNTAINS.
A LARGE WOODEN HULLED TUG IS MOORED AT AN OLD WHARF IN BRITTANIA BEACH
BEHIND THE TUG, EXHAUST RISES FROM THE STACKS OF THE WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS WOODFIBRE PULP MILL

BRITTANIA BEACH

WOODFIBRE BUILDINGS AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAINS - CLOSED AFTER 94 YEARS	THIS LARGE ORE TRUCK WAS NEVER USED AT BRITTANIA BEACH BUT IS PART OF THE BC MUSEUM OF MINING THAT IS HOUSED AT BRITTANIA TRUCKS LIKE THIS ARE USED IN OPEN PIT MINES I DROVE ONE, ONE SIZE SMALLER, AT THE `ISLAND COPPER MINE'
BUILDINGS AT THE BASE OF THE MINE THAT PERMEATES THE MOUNTAIN	A LARGE SELECTION OF JEWELLERY AS WELL AS PAINTINGS AND PRINTS
BRITTANIA BEACH FIRE HALL	DON'T LET THIS PEACEFUL STREAM FOOL YOU. ONE YEAR IT WIPED OUT 1/2 THE TOWN AND NEARLY BURIED THE REST OF THE BUILDINGS WITH A SEA OF GRAVEL
A VIEW OF HOWE SOUND	A NEW SUBDIVISION, UP THE HILL, OFFERS SPECTACULAR VIEWS
A TRACK LEADS FROM THE TOP OF THE BUILDING TO THE SHAFTS IN THE MOUNTAIN
SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY BRIDGE AT BRITTANIA BEACH	SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY DOWN TO THE BRIDGE AT BRITTANIA BEACH
HOWE SOUND

SHANNON FALLS

HOWE SOUND	A `NURSE STUMP' NURTURES NEW GROWTH
CRYSTAL CLEAR, PURE ENOUGH TO DRINK DIRECT FROM A GLACIER, TOO COLD TO WASH YOUR HANDS	THE PLACID STREAM CAN BE A RAGING TORRENT DURING SPRING RUN OFF NOTICE THE LARGE LOGS SWEPT DOWN STREAM AND DENUDED OF THEIR BARK BY THE ROARING WATER
POINTS OF INTEREST ALONG THE SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY	WELCOME CENTRE
JUST A SHORT, PLEASANT WALK TO THE FALLS	A PREVIEW OF THE FALLS NOTE THE BARE ROCK BESIDE THE FALLS, SCRUBBED CLEAN DURING THE SPRING RUN OFF WHEN THE FALLS ARE MUCH WIDER
	TAILED FROGS LIVE AS LONG AS 20 YEARS AND FERTILIZE THEIR EGGS INTERNALLY
BEAR (ME) AND MRS. BEAR (SERENA)

TO, AND THROUGH, SQUAMISH

2007 WIDENING THE HIGHWAY FOR THE 2010 OLYMPICS	SQUAMISH
HOWE SOUND	HOWE SOUND WOODFIBRE ON THE FAR SHORE
HEAD OF HOWE SOUND	A FREIGHTER AT THE SQUAMISH TERMINALS SEA PORT ON CATTERMOLE CREEK
A CAF (CANADIAN ARMED FORCES) VESSEL AT THE SQUAMISH TERMINALS	LOG DUMP ON MAMQUAM BLIND CHANNEL
SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY APPROACHES SQUAMISH	TOTEM HALL
SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY ENTERS SQUAMISH	THE CHIEF (STAWAMUS CHIEF) THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST GRANITE MONOLITH
VALLEYCLIFFE
SQUAMISH ADVENTURE CENTRE

SQUAMISH

CLEVELAND AVE.
PARK
SECOND AVE.	THIRD AVE.
LOGGERS LANE

SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY NORTH OF SQUAMISH	SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY (Hwy. 99)
WEST COAST MOUNTAINS	FLOW CONTROL OF THE CHEAKAMUS RIVER. ELECTRICITY IS NOT GENERATED AT THIS DAM.
BUILT IN 1957 BY THE B. C. ELECTRIC CO. THE DAM IMPOUNDS DAISY LAKE	SOUTHERN END OF DAISY LAKE. THE WATER IS DIVERTED THROUGH A TUNNEL TO A DAM ON THE SQUAMISH RIVER

BRANDYWINE PARK AND FALLS

From the highway, Brandywine Park is just a parking lot. I didn't take pictures of it as it was closed, under construction, and will look different by the time you drive by.

Just remember the dam, in the previous pictures, and then watch for the signs to the parking lot.

It is just a short, pleasant, walk to the falls from the parking lot.

	THE SIGN DOES NOT NAME THE 4; MARBLE, PETTICOAT, ROE, CREEKS FEEDING THE LAKE
CROSSING BRANDYWINE CREEK
BRANDYWINE CREEK	BASALT, OR VOLCANIC, ROCK IS COMMON IN THIS AREA HERE IT IS CLEAN IN THE SUN BUT COVERED WITH MOSS IN THE SHADE
BRANDYWINE CREEK	ORIGINALLY THE PGE, NOW THE BNSF
AT ONE TIME, SOMEONE'S HOME	WATER ACTION HAS CARVED OUT A CANYON

A LARGE OBSERVATION PLATFORM THERE'S THE RAINBOW - WHERE'S THE POT OF GOLD DAISY LAKE (TAKEN FROM THE FALLS LOOKOUT)	70 METERS TALL

CHEAKAMUS GORGE (TAKEN FROM THE GORGE LOOKOUT)	BRANDYWINE CREEK RUNS INTO DAISY LAKE
SERENA, TOO FRIGHTENED TO LOOK DOWN, TURNS HER BACK ON THE LOOOOONG DROP TO THE LAKE	TAKEN WITH A 300 ZOOM FUJI LENS THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN LOOKS LIKE A BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH CANDLES BEHIND THE ELECTRONIC ARRAY IS THE `BLACK TUSK' WHICH GIVES BLACK TUSK MTN. ITS NAME

WHISTLER

	HIGH ON A HILLSIDE, NEXT TO A SUB-DIVISION OF WHISTLER, UNDER A SKI LIFT
I BELIEVE THESE ARE CINNAMON BEARS - I WASN'T ABOUT TO GO CLOSER TO ASK	TAKEN WITH A 300 ZOOM FUJI LENS

LOST LAKE

Lost lake is a recreational area in North central Whistler.

	ENTRANCE TO THE LAKE FROM THE PARKING LOT
CONCESSION
	GRANDPA, VISITING FROM SHANGHAI, KEEPS AARON OUT OF THE WATER

WHISTLER
HOME OF BLACKCOMB (L) AND WHISTLER (R) SKI RESORTS

EAST OF PEMBERTON (Hwy. 99)	ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO LILLOET DUFFY LAKE ROAD

EAST OF PEMBERTON	AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS VALLEY IS A LOVELY LAKE

DUFFY LAKE

ONE OF THE ENJOYABLE THINGS ABOUT THIS HIGHWAY (Hwy. 99) IS THE NARROW ONE LANE BRIDGES	AND THE BEAUTIFUL STREAMS BELOW

	ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BRIDGES

IMAGINE THE SKILL REQUIRED, OF THE TRUCK DRIVER, TO MANOUEVER A 50 FOOT TRAILER AROUND THESE CORNERS!

THE PASS I HAD JUST COME THROUGH

SETON LAKE

DOWN THE HILL TO LILLOET NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE HILL, CANALS, SALMON SPAWNING GROUNDS		HOTWIRE Fly, Drive, and or Sleep; Cheap.

BRIDGE OVER SALMON SPAWNING GROUNDS	SALMON SPAWNING CANAL

OLD ARMY BAILEY BRIDGE. TO REPLACE A BRIDGE THAT WAS BURNED DOWN BY THE LOCAL INDIANS SEVERAL YEARS AGO	THE B. C. GOVERNMENT HAS YET TO BUILD A NEW BRIDGE

LILLOET	FRASER RIVER

HWY. 99	A PILOT CAR STOPPED US WHILE AN OVERSIZE LOAD USED THE UNDERPASS

Highwway 99 joins highway 97 about 10 Km. North of Cache Creek.

Highway 97 seperates from highway 1, the TCH (Trans Canada Highway), at Cache Creek.

FRASER RIVER	CACHE CREEK
LEAVING CACHE CREEK	CLINTON (HWY. 97)

HWY. 97 DISAPPEARS OVER THE HORIZON. IN THE VALLEY, THE TOWN OF `100 MILE HOUSE'	100 MILE HOUSE

DURING THE GOLD RUSH DAYS OF THE MID `80'S COMMUNITIES WERE NAMED AFTER THEIR DISTANCE FROM LYTTON.

THE TOWN OF `LAC LA HACHE'. ON THE RIGHT A VERY POPULAR TRUCK STOP	LAC LA HACHE. HWY. 97 IS KNOWN AS THE CARIBOO HWY.

WILLIAMS LAKE	THE ENTRANCE SIGN HAS SHRUNK SITUATED ON AN OLD SECTION OF HIGHWAY THE SIGN USED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR VEHICLES TO PASS UNDER

MUST BE FROM VANCOUVER, I AM SURE THAT WILLIAMS LAKE DRIVERS ALWAYS STOP FOR RED LIGHTS	McLEESE LAKE

THE ALAMO, LOCATED IN KERSLEY, A SMALL COMMUNITY JUST SOUTH OF QUESNEL	HWY. 97 ENTERS THE CENTRAL PART OF QUESNEL

TRUDEAU'S TRAILER COURT, WHERE I ONCE LIVED. A FEW YEARS AGO PART OF THE TRAILER COURT DISAPPEARED WHEN THEY WIDENED THE HIGHWAY. NOW IT SEEMS ALL OF THE TRAILERS ARE GONE	THE BRIDGE INTO DOWNTOWN

MY MOTHERS FINAL HOME	THE BRIDGE OVER THE COTTONWOOD RIVER, JUST NORTH OF QUESNEL. A VERY POPULAR PLACE FOR GOLD PANNERS TO SEEK THEIR FORTUNE

HIXON	AND, AS EVENING DRAWS NEAR, DOWN THE HILL INTO PRINCE GEORGE

PRINCE GEORGE IS APPROXIMATELY 800 Km. NORTH EAST OF VANCOUVER. APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS DRIVING TIME. AND APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES EAST OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER OF B. C.

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MY TRIP (Via WestJet Airlines) TO VANCOUVER

YXS (PRINCE GEORGE AIRPORT)

NOTE THE LOW CEILING (CLOUDS CLOSE TO THE GROUND)	NORMALLY A LOW CEILING DOESN'T AFFECT PLANES AS THEY LAND AND TAKEOFF WITH AN ILS (INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM)

WITHOUT ILS, PILOTS REQUIRE A HIGH CEILING SO THEY CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO LAND	ON THIS DAY PLANES COULD NOT LAND AS THE PILOTS HAD A LOW CEILING AND THE ILS WAS BROKEN

	A NON PASSENGER, COMMERCIAL, AIRPLANE

	THE INTERNET COMPUTERS SIT IDLE AS PEOPLE LINE UP TO RESCHEDULE FLIGHTS

THIS PLANE COULD HAVE TAKEN OFF WITHOUT ILS BUT THE PART IT NEED WAS IN A PLANE THAT COULDN'T LAND	FINALLY, AWAY, AS SOON AS IT TURNS AND HEADS INTO THE WIND

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