B.C. Canada's Highway 20

[djames]

We drove up to Bella Coola, British Columbia to visit my daughter and her family. Took a "few" photos there and on the trip out toward Williams Lake.

While there we took a chartered sail boat trip on a cold rainy day.http://djames-photography.smugmug.com/photos/384766666_4VyTN-L.jpg

The views of the mountains surrounding the valley that day were pretty low contrast.


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The next day the drive toward home was what one could have wished for the weekend weather.

A much better view of the mountains this day
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and another one http://djames-photography.smugmug.com/photos/384866287_3LG8c-L.jpg

Of course there is always the "Hill" to face. 4,000 ft. climb in 11 miles with only a single lane dirt road and up to 14% grade. Not for the faint of heart in the daytime let alone traveling it at night with fog as we did on our trip in.http://djames-photography.smugmug.com/photos/384873499_KwCeM-L.jpg

A couple more shots on the road home.http://djames-photography.smugmug.com/photos/384889442_ZAvL7-L.jpg

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And as a final shot - a step back to a bygone era when the worry of polution was not so large.
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and of course comments and suggestions for improvements are always appreciated.

[David L. Megahey]

Thanks so much for this trip....this is a place I've wanted to visit since reading "Crusoe of Lonesome Lake". If you have more I'd love to see them.:barb :clap :clap :clap

[leaforte]

WOW! Sounds like a way cool roadie!

[djames]

Thanks so much for this trip....this is a place I've wanted to visit since reading "Crusoe of Lonesome Lake". If you have more I'd love to see them.:barb :clap :clap :clap

There are more photos of the trip on my web site. Including photos of the grizzly bears feeding on salmon. Not top quality due to a little camera shake using the bigma lens.

albums animals and scenic. Also there are winter photos in an album Bella Coola