Prince George (13 June) & Clinton (14 June)
Over the last couple of days we have left the wilderness where we are surrounded by trees and frequently see wildlife and we have moved into regions where the mountains are more distant and less dramatic and some of the forest is replaced by cultivated land and some ranches. The forests still make up over 90% of what we can see but there are a lot of logging trucks and evidence of logging and replanting.
Our trip to Prince George was mostly heading east along the Yellowhead Highway. We didn't see any wildlife, although there were plenty of signs warning us to be careful as we were in what they term a wildlife corridor and we might see moose or elk or deer. No such luck.
The trip to Clinton was more interesting. Farmland increased a small amount and there were even more logging trucks and also several timber mills and timber treatment plants.
We stopped at Williams Lake to visit the Museum of the Cariboo-Chilcotin which was reputed to have a display of cowboy, rodeo and ranching. It was quite small, perhaps 20 x 30 meters and was almost entirely about rodeo with a little about some of the ranches. There were lots of saddles, boots, and hats. The first picture is of a sidesaddle for women and the line drawing showing its use was taken from a book entitled Instruction for ladies learning to ride horseback.
As we neared Clinton we turned off to visit Chasm Provincial Park. It's a chasm formed by a glacier and then gradually eroded leaving a near-isolated and self-contained park.
This last picture is of a sheep Merryn spotted. It has long legs and two short horns that made us think it was a goat. It was very sure footed. We learned later that it was a female Bighorn sheep. Unfortunately, the small herd is in crisis because someone entered the chasm and shot the only two rams.
Our trip to Prince George was mostly heading east along the Yellowhead Highway. We didn't see any wildlife, although there were plenty of signs warning us to be careful as we were in what they term a wildlife corridor and we might see moose or elk or deer. No such luck.
The trip to Clinton was more interesting. Farmland increased a small amount and there were even more logging trucks and also several timber mills and timber treatment plants.
We stopped at Williams Lake to visit the Museum of the Cariboo-Chilcotin which was reputed to have a display of cowboy, rodeo and ranching. It was quite small, perhaps 20 x 30 meters and was almost entirely about rodeo with a little about some of the ranches. There were lots of saddles, boots, and hats. The first picture is of a sidesaddle for women and the line drawing showing its use was taken from a book entitled Instruction for ladies learning to ride horseback.
The cowboy saddles have a projection around which they can secure a rope. Naturally, because they are show-off rodeo riders, they have tooled designs on the saddles and their boots.
This last picture is of a sheep Merryn spotted. It has long legs and two short horns that made us think it was a goat. It was very sure footed. We learned later that it was a female Bighorn sheep. Unfortunately, the small herd is in crisis because someone entered the chasm and shot the only two rams.
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