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.
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| Lower Joffre Lake (2013-08-24) |
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| Joffre Peak and the emerald lake below (2013-08-24) |
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| Joffre Peak rising above Lower Joffre Lake (2013-08-24) |
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| A bit of a "zoom in" on Joffre Peak (2013-08-24) |
