I headed down to the Sunshine Coast for a week’s vacation in the middle of July, taking the scenic route down through Lillooet and Pemberton. The trip had a great start and a great ending, but an unfortunate middle when my car and trailer became stuck on an isolated road only suitable for four-wheel drive vehicles. These photos were taken on the first part, before when my friend Myrtle, who lives down there, euphemistically calls “the adventure.” (Richard McGuire photos)
A heron patiently fishes along the shoreline at Roberts Creek, B.C. (Richard McGuire photo)
The blue waters of Seton Lake contrast with the dry rock and sagebrush near Lillooet, B.C. (Richard McGuire photo)
A vehicle slows down as a deer strolls across the roadway near Lillooet, B.C. (Richard McGuire photo)
Old logs and driftwood have accumulated at the outlet of Duffey Lake between Pemberton and Lillooet, B.C. (Richard McGuire photo)
It was mid-July, but there was still lots of snow in the high mountains of the Coast Range near Pemberton, B.C. (Richard McGuire photo)
This creature hitched a ride on my vehicle mirror and mirror extension somewhere near Pemberton, B.C. Can any entomologist identify it? (Richard McGuire photo)
The farm fields and hay bales in Pemberton Meadows, northwest of Pemberton, B.C, were unusual in an area dominated by rugged mountain and forest landscapes. (Richard McGuire photo)
The late afternoon sunlight glistens off Duffey Lake on the drive back from Pemberton towards Lillooet, B.C. (Richard McGuire photo)
I camped at the same spot below the rugged mountains west of Lillooet where I had camped in April. This was the spectacular view above me when I stepped out of bed in the morning. (Richard McGuire photo)
I camped at the same spot below the rugged mountains west of Lillooet where I had camped in April. This was the spectacular view above me when I stepped out of bed in the morning. (Richard McGuire photo)
These rounded rocks have felt the actions of many waves over the years. They were strewn across the beach at Roberts Creek, B.C. on the Sunshine Coast. (Richard McGuire photo)
A wave washes ashore on barnacle-covered rocks at Roberts Creek, B.C. The Sunshine Coast is somewhat sheltered from the big Pacific Ocean waves because Vancouver Island sits between it and the open ocean. (Richard McGuire photo)
These children bob around in the waves off Roberts Creek on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast. The beach is covered with rounded rocks worn down by the water and behind are dried logs that have washed ashore long ago. (Richard McGuire photo)
All that remains of old piers at Roberts Creek, B.C. are a few rotten pilings sticking out of the ground. (Richard McGuire photo)
This seaweed washed ashore at Roberts Creek, B.C., reminded me of a spinach salad from back in the day when I ate the green vegetable in the hopes of developing muscles like Popeye. It didn’t work. (Richard McGuire photo)
All that remains of old piers at Roberts Creek, B.C. are a few rotten pilings sticking out of the ground. (Richard McGuire photo)
A heron patiently fishes along the shoreline at Roberts Creek, B.C. (Richard McGuire photo)
Fishermen and other boaters carry on their business in the beautiful harbour at Gibsons, B.C. The community is best known as the backdrop for the 1970s-80s TV series, The Beachcombers. (Richard McGuire photo)
Fishermen and other boaters carry on their business in the beautiful harbour at Gibsons, B.C. The community is best known as the backdrop for the 1970s-80s TV series, The Beachcombers. (Richard McGuire photo)
I camped the night at Roberts Creek Provincial Park surrounded by giant cedar trees. This was the morning before what my friend Myrtle euphemistically calls “the adventure” when my car and trailer both got stuck on a road really only suitable for four wheel drive vehicles. (Richard McGuire photo)
