Bull Canyon Provincial Park Williams Lake, BC, Canada Day 2

As Tim was drinking his coffee and watching the river a bald eagle flew above the water.

We saw this fox after we turned out of the campground.

The rain overnight seemed to have washed away the lingering smoke.  The rain stopped for awhile and then sprinkled on and off while we drove.  We took the Jeep to Big Creek and then to Farwell Canyon.

Breakfast stop.

There were men dipnetting.  They have built wooden platforms along the river’s edge.  The men are supposed to tie off with a rope and then they lean out over the rushing water with the net.  It looks like hard work and we didn’t see the guy get a fish while we were watching.

We saw this sign beside the road.

Then we saw some horses, a cow and a calf, 2 bunches of sheep and a bull all along the roadside.  This was ranch country.  They have a free-range mentality.  The livestock is kept on property boundaries by fences and cattleguards in the road.

There were acres of scorched earth and trees from last year’s fire.  This whole mountain was bare.

The serpentine road consisted of steep switchbacks down into the canyon and then back up and out.  They were actively logging in the area.  The truckers had to negotiate the winding, slippery, muddy roads.  It looked like the drivers had their hands full.  You wouldn’t want to stop quickly in front of them…they probably couldn’t stop.

Farwell Canyon was gorgeous.  Unfortunately, it was pretty misty and cloudy so the pictures truly are inadequate.

We returned to the RV at about 3 this afternoon and within minutes the heavens burst and we had a thunderstorm.  It was a quiet, lazy afternoon.