Wells Gray Waterfalls, A&W & another long drive

If we thought the view from the camper was great last night, it’s nothing on this morning. A thick, swirling layer of fog is gradually evaporating off the lake and, with the early morning sun shining through it, producing the most beautiful effect across its surface. Words cannot express how magical it is, see photo below. After taking in this beauty we showered in some ridiculously warm showers, they were even too hot for Amelia which is saying something, and had some beautifully hot porridge before discovering the water line had frozen overnight. I detached it and left in in the sun for a bit, but that didn’t work, so had the genius idea of putting it in the ridiculously hot showers, surely that would melt the ice pronto. It worked like a charm. Fortunately only one RV full of people saw me taking the pipe into the shower block, but nobody questioned what I was doing with a pipe in the shower. Who knows, this may be a regular occurrence in the RV community. I even mentioned the idea to our neighbouring Cruise Canada camper friends who were also struggling with their plumbing (full disclosure; not actually friends). 

Following this fun we headed into Wells Gray Provincial Park to see the Moul and Saphats falls, of which Moul are my least favourite of the falls we’ve visited thus far. This is entirely due to the fact I fell over on some very sneaky ice and, in an effort to save my camera ahead of my own welfare, scraped my arm and broke my water bottle. Incredibly annoying. We’ll have to try and find a water bottle with the same size lid as our water filters attach to it so we can basically drink water from anywhere, including the supply within the campervan. I had a sulk for a while and sensibly used an antiseptic alcohol wipe on the wound when we got back to the camper (don’t worry mum). 

Saphats falls were much more impressive. You come to a viewpoint 300 meters above a stunning valley which, for the first time in a while, didn’t have any white capped peaks, but still beautiful in a more green, autumnal way. 

We were hankering for a bit of fast food so returned to Clearwater for an A&W and some petrol (not served together). The chicken burger and fries was average at best but hit the spot, I’d still take a McDonalds any day but they don’t do sweet potato fries so have Amelia’s veto. We then had a pretty long drive ahead of us through Cariboo County which looked like, on the map, it had lots of lakes and spots to stop off. However in reality, although very beautiful, everything is closed for the season so ended up just being a mountainous shortcut to get back on the road to Vancouver. The campground I had earmarked is also closed so we carried on with fingers crossed that there would be an open one coming up soon. Fortunately Marble Canyon is open, and we haven’t yet found a way to pay so looks like it’s going to be free. We’ll have to see if we’re woken early in the morning by a warden demanding payment.