Somewhere in the Fraser Valley
This is one of our favorite places, apparently it is also one of the best kept secrets. After our trip here we met a woman in a cafe and she asked us where we had been, as we told her she said 'shh... don't tell anyone, thats where we all go'. In response to this we are not telling where this is. If you know you know. If you don't...
Anyways, these lakes were emerald green and beautiful. We camped at one of the lakes and took many day trips to just looking at the scenery. We were there at the time of the salmon spawn so we competed against each other to see who could spot the most. Most of the time we could both smell them first before we would see it.
These were glacier feed lakes so we don't recommend swimming unless you are careful. We have heard some bad stories of people trying to swim from boats and being unprepared for just how cold it is. Otherwise, the water was perfect for dipping our feet into from the canoe for an instant cool off.
The forest surrounding the lakes were completely full of beautiful trees. Birch and Pines are everywhere but there are no trails to follow so you have to remember where you came from. So many kinds of mushrooms cover the forest floor here, everywhere we went we would spot them. We didn't eat any of them but on the highway back we saw a couple of wild mushroom shops.
We paddled up the stream that feeds the lakes but only so far. The current was pretty strong and it was very cool to see the salmon struggling along with us. We saw more dead salmon on the little sand shores next to us. Eventually we got tired of fighting the current and headed back. Thanks to the current the way back was very easy. Wade sat in the back steering and we cruised back down stream. That is the way to travel, we got to concentrate on the scenery.
On almost all of the little sand shores of the river were tracks. The salmon attracted all kinds of animals. We saw tons and tons of bear tracks and some very large wolf tracks. Some of the prints we could not identify, maybe they were raccoons or muskrat? There were also some very small frogs on shore.
We put together a short video to show our friends and family.
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