Winging it from the Thompson Valley to Pemberton, BC

Hi everyone. So we're just leaving Ski Hills Provincial Park, if you saw our last video. And we haven't really quite decided what we're going to do, so we're going to just wing it. There's a surprise. So we hope you enjoy the trip with us. So if you follow our channel, you know that we love to drive up this way. So we decided that once we left the campground, that we'd head up towards the Ashcroft area. The terrain is so beautiful. You know, when you leave the campground, you go from semi-arid with ponderosa pines. And as you get close to Ashcroft, you come into beautiful desert terrain. And then we thought we'd go to Ashcroft, work our way up to the Cache Creek area, and then curl around past Marble Canyon and work our way back down to the Lillooet area. All right, so on our route, we had to stop in Ashcroft because it's a beautiful little town. And we had to go to the Ashcroft Bakery because they have some wonderful treats. One of them is falling over. It's a gigantic cinnamon bun. Yeah, it's a giant cinnamon bun and then a chocolate croissant. And you have to open the other box, too. They've got some nice luncheon selections and then some wonderful treats and some fresh bread. Oh, wow. It's kind of like a donut, but it's got some lemon filling in between. So, yeah, this all looks good. Very friendly people and lots of treats in there. So Ashcroft Bakery, big plus. Yeah. They're on Facebook. This is not designed for a weight loss program. It's like a donut with some sort of lemon. It's a lemon cream. Yeah, it's like a donut sandwich. It's kind of like if someone put lemon pie inside of a donut. Very good. Once we got to Lillooet, we weren't too sure what we were going to do. We decided that we would probably check out the BC Hydro Campground, the Seton Campground. We've been there before and had some nice days. And if that didn't work, we were going to carry on up Highway 99 and probably try and stop at Nairn Falls, which is just a little past Pemberton on the way to Whistler and on our way home. We'd see what it was like at the campground in Lillooet, and if that didn't suit us, we were going to carry on and take a chance at finding a space at Nairn Falls. We saw some great sights here, but ultimately decided to press on. It's a beautiful drive, and we really enjoy it. Tonight I just made a real quick rice stir fry with the Uncle Ben's instant rice and some vegan maple sausages and just a whole bunch of vegetables. And a Japanese barbecue sauce from Costco. Oh, yay! And we're just eating some leftover stuff as well. Bon appétit. Very simple, put together really quickly. Bon appétit. And Gordon's drinking his non-alcoholic beer. Yeah, best you can buy. Well, best I've tasted so far. And I'm still working on my wine here at Fort Behrens. We did stop by Fort Behrens on the way, and we bought some nice wines there. And yeah, the drive was just spectacular, as usual. We loved that drive, but it was long, and Gordon's really tired. I'm tired. We violated the rules of the road. The Wendland's RV lifestyle, they had a couple of rules, like never drive more than three and a half hours, always arrive at your campsite by 3.30, and some other one, which I've completely forgotten, so undoubtedly violated it. So we rolled in here. We're at Nairn Falls. We honestly had no idea where we were going to go. We just kept driving around, ended up in Lillooet, decided to come back this way. We've got a nice sight. It's just maybe 300 feet from a main road, so it'll be loud until this evening, and then it'll quiet down. We're out of here tomorrow morning. I think it's supposed to rain tomorrow. And we're heading home. We've been here a few times before. We'll put a link to the video and to some of our walks to the waterfall, but I don't even know if we'll do that this time. We'll see. If I get up early, maybe 5 in the morning, it'll just be me and a couple of bears and whatever's on the trail. They do say you're in bear habitat. OK, bon appétit. Heading down to this beach and this point. I didn't want to tell Mickey because if you translate that word, it means hungry bear beach. Quite the force of the water. Almost looks like a waterfall, a small one. I slept in. It's like 6.30. I'm just heading down for a quick short walk to Nairn Falls. It's drizzling. Clouds in the mountains. Beautiful, though. It's probably one of the few times a day that this trail isn't busy. It's popular with folks particularly that are renting RVs on their first journey heading to northern B.C. and probably the Rockies. This park, Nairn Park, is a very popular first stop. Thanks everyone for watching our video. If you enjoyed it, please be sure to give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel if you haven't done so already. And we will see you next time.