Lower Joffre Lake in August

As part of Marco and Angela's visit to Canada, we decided a trip to Saint Georg's winery in Naramata was in order. The only real question was how to get there. The Coquihalla highway? The Hope-Princeton highway? The Trans Canada (Highway #1), turning off at Spences Bridge? Or, the Duffey Lake Road then via either Kamloops, or Ashcroft, or Spences Bridge? In the end, opting for scenic over practical, we drove up through Squamish, Whistler, and Lillooet, by way of the Duffey Lake Road (Highway 99).

I don't know how many times I've driven this road, and I don't know how many times I've had vehicles turn off the highway in front of me, at the Joffre Lakes parking lot. Until this year, I've never bothered to ask what the attraction was. In June, in anticipation of a visit from Paul and Beate, I Googled the location. Clearly, by all internet accounts, a place worthy of a "look see".

Our short visit with Marco and Angela was well worth the parking hassle on the day we stopped in.

 Lower Joffre Lake (2013-08-24)

Joffre Peak and the emerald lake below (2013-08-24)

Joffre Peak rising above Lower Joffre Lake (2013-08-24)

A bit of a "zoom in" on Joffre Peak (2013-08-24)

Seton Lake on a Cloudy Day

My June trip up the Sea-to-Sky Highway, and then the Duffey Lake Road, called for a "Kodak Moment" stop at Seton Lake. The weather had not cooperated on this trip. While not exactly miserable,  there were plenty of clouds occasionally obscuring what would otherwise have been gorgeous mountain vistas. Nonetheless, even clouds can give pictures a degree of drama. Notwithstanding the fact that the skies over Lillooet are almost "always" blue, on this day things were a tad darker than usual.

The viewpoint just outside of Lillooet; 
Seton Lake (2013-05-23)

Try as we might, we could not 
spot (nor hear) the mountain 
goats that occasionally 
scramble about on these 
slopes (2013-05-23)

The beach at Seton Lake is awesome 
to swim in during summer months (2013-05-23)

(2013-05-23)

Howe Sound: the View from Porteau Cove

Our mid-July trip into the interior of British Columbia took us along the Sea-to-Sky Highway. En route to Squamish, Whistler, Lillooet, and points beyond, we stopped at Porteau Cove to stretch our legs and to catch a glimpse of Howe Sound. Follow our pictoral visit below.

 Welcome sign: Porteau Cove 
Provincial Marine Park (2013-07-15)

Looking along Howe Sound in the 
direction of Squamish (2013-07-15)

 An ersatz ferry dock makes for a great 
pier at Porteau Cove (2013-07-15)

Looking across the pier, along Howe Sound, in the 
direction of Horseshoe Bay (2013-07-15)