Thursday Sept 17th Valemount

 We left Quesnel this morning about 9 AM and drove through light fog until Williams Lake where we gassed up.

After driving further south to 100 Mile House we turned on highway 24 and headed east towards the Valemount-Kamloops highway.

The first part of highway 24 was fairly boring however the second half had really nice views of various lakes.

I really like this photo in black and white. The far end of the lake has smoke from the major forest fires in the States.

We made it to Clearwater after about four hours driving. I took a wrong turn in Clearwater, expecting to go to Wells Gray Park but instead driving through the town for a bit before getting back on the proper route.

After a quick bite to eat at Timmies in Clearwater we headed into the park. Our first waterfall was called Spahats. It is about 200 feet high.

Next we headed much further into the park. Our next stop was called Dawson Falls. Very beautiful in a very different way,

The last falls ( and by far the most spectacular) were the fourth highest falls in Canada. Helmcken Falls at 462 feet. I remember this one from when I was a kid.

We were out of the park by 4 PM and two hours of driving later we were at Valemount.

Supper was at a pub nearby with great food but by the looks of it nobody there was aware of the covid pandemic! Very full and no masks in sight anywhere.

We have found on this trip that there were many restaurants closed or take out only, so our choices were quite restricted. Pools closed in both hotels and no breakfast served in Quesnel but the motel here in Valemount has a "grab and go" breakfast.

It appears that the highest price for gas was McBride at 119.9 with the other fill ups a cent or two lower.