FRASER RIVER VALLEY, BETWEEN QUESNEL AND HOPE, BC
I really wanted to use a dateline listing the towns of Likely and Horsefly but that would have required a 60 mile round trip to check them out. Anyway, the drive from Quesnel to Hope along CA97 parallels the Fraser River Valley and is quite spectacular, especially in sunlight.
The Big Horn Sheep - - and a couple of friends - - spotted us as we headed south. The train shot was taken from a rest area along the road. One nice thing is that on CA97 you have plenty of pull-outs from which to shoot spectacular scenery AND passing lanes every two miles or so. Since the road is very up and down plus quite twisty and the main industry around here is lumber you need to zip around the much slower trucks.
But back to the railroad shot. It seems back in the 1800's when railroad building was the 'in thing' that two competing rail companies built tracks on opposite sides of the river. We actually had trains running in both directions when the shot was taken.
Spending time in a coffee shop in Hope, BC before heading to and across the US border into Washington State and the Pacific Coast Highway.