VanOschs were out at Churn Creek this year with Dylan, again, so of course we can't let Dylan have all the fun so we joined them for 2 days.
We left 100 Mile House on Saturday afternoon in the snow and arrived to Churn Creek, with temperatures of +8 and cloudy - WAY better than snow!
This year Ed came with us to see what all the fuss was about. On the drive out couple of spots that were a bit questionable for the car but as usual it carried on through, with no problems.
We arrived around dinner time got the beds set up and visited for the rest of the evening
The next day after a huge breakfast, Dylan and Mike took all of us up a hill to see the view. The climb didn't look so bad from the campsite, but the first three hundred feet up I thought I might die! By the time we were at the top we had climbed 1000 feet - the view was worth it in the end
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| Climbing the first three hundred feet almost straight up! |
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| Tayler wanted to go so bad, but when we got half way up she announced she was going back and not coming with us. Her and I sat here for about ten minutes before I could finally convince her to keep going. She was so scared, she figured on the way down she was going to fall and die - poor kid. She did make it to the top - yay! |
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| View of our campsite from half way up |
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| Dylan was across a little valley on another point |
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| Tayler keeping hold of Daddy |
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| Deer footprints |
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| View from the top |
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| The climb down - all fours is better! |
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| Walter and the Rescue truck so we didn't have to walk all the way back |
That afternoon we drove out to Empire Valley and had a picnic snack by a little creek. It was so pretty the road winds along through the hills way above the Fraser River. We saw a bear running through some trees and alot of deer.
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| Calving barn on the drive out to Empire Valley. This is another spot you can camp. On Monday afternoon before we left for home a couple trucks hauling horse trailers were headed towards this barn. We figured they were going for a ride in the back country - HOW FUN WOULD THAT BE!!! |
Monday morning we took Ed out to the Gang Ranch to have a look around. The store was open this time so everyone got a souvenir (I have a Gang Ranch Travel Mug ;-) )
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| This mom and babe were in the field beside the store |
It was a really fun weekend!
Russ was with us, but obviously was successful in dodging any photos!
