more from Barkerville trip

I sent that last email from Barkerville. On the way out of Barkerville, we stopped at the graveyard. I found it more interesting then the town site.... up the side of hill, with picket fences around many of the individual graves.



Lots of men died in 1863 during the gold rush - average age 32 yrs. We chuckled at the description of the first burial in 1863 - Peter Gibson. Upon his death, his employer "dragged him up the hill and planted him there."

On the way back to camp, we did a bit of a tour of Quesnel. Looked for the hoodoos and rock formations from where one could supposedly view the city. We forgot to bring the booklet describing how to get there -- and no, we couldn't stop & ask :-) So we didn't find the place.

Back to the campground for supper and another campfire. We had the furnace set to cut in at 12C last night, but when we woke up this a.m. it was 9C (7C outside) and we had run out of propane!! It was pretty chilly and it was tough to crawl out of that warm bed!!@

On the road again Thurs a.m. We will stop in Prince George for milk and coffee (and hopefully send this email). We will probably spend tonight in Houston or Smithers.