Friday, September 12, 2008

Final Chapter!



LET'S END ON A HIGH NOTE - LITERALLY!

The kids figured we should show this picture to our dealer and ask them if our warranty is still in effect! It was decent roads all the way up - honest! Can you see me doing the wild stuff off-roading? Not! The most I've done is go through a creek and up an embankment - and not with this truck!

You must admit without the drive on logging roads up the incredible view would have been missed! And what a view it was!

This was the back road into our hidden mine I alluded to in the last chapter. The short and easy road in was now blocked by an "adventure" company that charges big bucks to take people in on ATV's. So guess what? They blocked the road with their business so people won't think twice about paying when they see others in there in vehicles. We question their tactics - works for them - but can they really block off public access? Whatever the case it caused us to scan the backroad maps and find the back way in. Twice we missed the actual road in (remember these are old abandoned roadways or logging roads) but had an adventure trying to get in! Later we realize there was still a long way to go and our truck probably wouldn't have made it. We are a truck with fairly high clearance and four-wheel drive - but I like my truck too! Unscathed!



FIRST TIME WE MISSED THE CORRECT ROAD!



SECOND TIME WE MISSED THE CORRECT ROAD!



BUT WHAT A VIEW!



WHERE WE HAD COME FROM



WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO GO

There's only one other picture left in my Annual BC Vacation 2008 album and that's snow in the Banff/Canmore area. We won't look at it again! Snow will come soon enough. In the meantime we have treasured memories of our adventures this past year and look forward to many more to come!

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