Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:04:48 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Trip Report
In-Reply-To: <4613B87A.21112.769068C@vwdiesels.gmail.com>
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Our experience would have been completely different on the Coquihalla Hwy
because our saviour wouldn't have been driving on it! Even if he had been,
the four-lane divided highway would have made us more difficult to see and
impossible for him to drive over, so..............
The Canyon road was in decent shape, blowing snow and all. There were a
couple of work zones that halted us very briefly, one of them in a terrific
spot where I never get enough time to gawk anyway. The bigger work zone was
down right by the Thompson where the road zigs under the CPR tracks, with
the spectacular eroded cliffs on the opposite bank of the river.
I take the Fraser Canyon road at every chance because the Coq doesn't make
things any faster when you're making the long climbs at 25mph and because it
is one of the most beautiful drives in North America. If we're going to or
from the BC Bluegrass Workshop in Sorrento near Salmon Arm, we'll use the
Nicola Valley Road to get us to the Hwy from Merritt to Kamloops. In the
late summer that road smells fantastic, all sagebush and sweet grass, with
herds of horses wandering freely and the sparkling river close at hand.
Seeya, Jake
On 4/4/07, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3 Apr 2007 at 21:00, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm a little surprised at how many of my fellow BC Vanagon Listees are
> not
> > on the Vanagon Rescue Squad. You don't have to be a mechanical wizard
> to be
> > really helpful to a friend in need. Sometimes even just a ride can make
> a world
> > of difference.
> >
> > You can sign up here. http://vw.upnorth.net/index.phtml?catid=74
>
> Thanks for the reminder... I forgot to update my email address on the
> squad list.
>
> I wonder if your experience would have been any different if you were on
> the Coquihalla
> instead of the Canyon? Nobody ever seems to slow down on the Coq.!
> We're about the head up to Salmon Arm on Friday, and I'd like to take the
> Canyon road -
> what were the conditions like?
>
>
> Shawn Wright
> http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
> '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
> '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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