Wed, Sept 19 - Kleena Kleene - Bull Canyon Campground

It was time to say good bye. But before that we were invited to a rich breakfast with a great view of Finger Peak and surrounding mountains which had been coverd by snow the past nights. We continued our journey and visited Tatlayoko Lake. At Driftwoods Campground Iris, who immigrated from Germany about 28 years ago, took us with her on her daily power walk together with her two dogs, Ranger and Beamer. They rent one cabin, mostly to anglers. Basic and clean. Iris and her husband also have a couple of RV sites with power. Water only is available at the „Heavenly Shower House“. On our way back to Highway 20, we took Eagle Lake Road. By the way, this one and the road down to Tatlayoko Lake are fine to drive with a Truck Camper as long as you observe speed. Eagle Lake itself is stunning. Its colour and sandy beach reminded us of the Caribbean Sea. Well, we wish we could have enjoyed this little stretch a bit more, but adventure found us. We got locked out of our camper, and the driver’s cabin was looked, too. So here we stood in the middle of nowhere with nothing else but our picknick bag. And somehow we had to get into our camper – remember we are in bear country and wouldn’t have liked the idea to spend the night outdoors. Tried to open the side window of the camper, it broke, we got in. Luckily we bought tape on our first day (female intuition) and are proud owners of a garbage bag window now. After this little adventure we headed back to Highway 20 (some young bulls blocked the road as they were trying to find out who was the strongest) and continued down to Bull Canyon Campground which is really beautiful. Alright, let’s do some animal count: orcas: probably 2 or 3 from the distance; 1 seal (tail only); humpback whales (3 – 2 very very far away; number 3: I saw the fluke quite close, must have been a younger whale); Pacific white-sided dolphins: 2 up close, 3 still close; bald eagle: 1; squirrals: a few; eagle: 1; coyote: 1 crossing Hwy 20; bulls, cows and horses: countless; reindeer: 2; loons: more than a few; spiders: 2 much; bears: not yet; moose: no. Back to Bull Canyon Provincial Park: No hook-ups, though. Some of the sites are directly overlooking the Chilcotin river. We went down to the river’s edge to collect driftwood for our pit fire. Ancient genes were celebrating ;) Its location directly next to the highway doesn’t matter as the stretch of Hwy 20 until Williams Lake is not heavily frequented.