Day 5 Saturday at Quensel and Barkerville

Wagon Ride at Barkerville

Luxury Camping at Robert's Roost Camp ground at Quesnel

Museum at Williams lake

Hongman Society ( oldest Chinese heritage house in Canada )

Blacksmith at Barkerville

Barkerville and the Teacher

Today, I woke up with the first light at 5am and it was cold but not too bad. We had oatmeal and fruits ( works well for camping) and were on the road. Cariboo highway: the road gold miners took in 1860’s. The road is a regular freeway but littered with lakes. We made good milege ( I was driving) stopped at William’s lake. It is a pretty town on the lake William. Continuing on , got to our destination campground at Quesnel. We are staying at “Robert’s Roost campground” and is a total luxury. We are on a lake with a swamp , Canada geese , hot showers, flush toilets( happy) and a beautiful garden.

Drove to Barkerville about 50 miles east. This was the biggest gold rush town in 1850’s and they have restored it to it’s original settings. There were 20,000 people living here at one point and mined $50 million dollars worth of Gold. One of the interesting fact was 30% of the miners were Chinese from the Pearl River Delta ( near Greenie’s town I think) . They had their own China town. These people were trying to throw Ming Dynasty ( something like that) . Lots of interesting stories about how the Europeans and Chinese were segregated and yet Europeans came to china town for Herbs, Opium and getting there clothes washed:) This is definitely a worth while place to spend a day.

Last night , it rained and was very windy. So, we slept in the car. We both thought it was very comfortable and will do it again. I am blogging , Geese are visiting and the neighbor is ready to hit the road. He alone on a motor cycle. I better get ready too.

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