July 18-19 - Clearwater, BC

$42 a night. Well, beggars can't be choosers so we booked in for 2 nights. This is by far the most we have paid on a nightly basis, but the sites are very large.

We did a tour of Clearwater then went grocery shopping. We drove past a BC gov't liquor store at 5.57 p.m. I said to Jen, I bet they close at 6 p.m. By the time I walked in the door it was after 6. But I was not kicked out. Two bottles of wine were put in the fridge for dinner later. I fired up the barbie and we enjoyed bbq'd chicken breasts, rice, and brocolli, and wine, of course.

Sunday morning we drove out to Wells Gray Provincial Park and its feature attraction, Helmcken Falls. It was a 47km drive and along the way, we saw this while crossing a single-lane bridge. 

We continued on to Helmcken Falls, 4th highest waterfall in Canada - 141 m (463 ft). 

​Just before 1 p.m. we drove out to visit with Janet and Dave, Colin's sister and her husband. We hadn't seen these guys for years so we had a lot of catching up to do. Janet and Dave have been in Clearwater since 1977. We had a lovely visit and about 4 hours later said our goodbyes.

Tomorrow we leave for a few days in Kamloops. See you there!

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We left McBride early morning. By the time we got to Valemount, it was time for a break at The Gathering Tree.

After our break we headed back out on Hwy 5 heading for Blue River and Clearwater beyond. Jen shot this video on the way.

We arrived in Clearwater and stopped at the Tourist Info Centre to check on site availability. Dutch Lake RV park was full so we went to the KOA Campground. They were full, only unserviced sites available. So we tried the Country Inn RV Park. They had sites available at