Day 25 , July 5 barkerville to Victoria July 11

Boy , the days just fly when your having fun . Try to hit the highlites for the last 6 days here goes . Barkerville is restored 1870 gold rush town . They mined 50 million dollars at $16 a oz , which was a lot then .we stayed the nite went panning gold ,road a stagecoach good fun . The next day 7/6 we drove to llilooet about 300 miles , in the Fraser river valley . Nice drive . July 7 th ,day 27 ,we went to whistler over the mountain the road was verry narrow sharp cuvers 12 to 14 per cent downhills . Took 4 or 5 hours to go 81 miles . Tough drive . Had a great hotel in whistler with a washer and dryer ,we all washed cloths . July 8 , day 28 ,we took the ferry to nanaimo on Vancouver island . We drove to the north end to tofino hard road . That nite car hit pole about a hundred miles away and took out power for have the island , haven't had a cole shower for years. Went on bear tour , saw black bear and two cubs . In the afternoon we went on a whale watch on a zodiac boat saw a few , then the wind came up and the sea got real rough . Sherry has marked zodiac boats off her list . On the way to Victoria we stopped a big market called goats on the roof. Big fruit stand . Stoped at Bristol motors where Jim Walters a mown members is preparing a 1917 lafrance for the Peking to Paris race , hope he doe's well . He won a round the world race a few years ago .the northern pod of the mognw had us to a barbq last nite , saw some old friends . Today we went on air tour of the islands , pretty impressive from the air . Tonight we took the car to the ferry terminal , it leaves for port angales Washington we are leaving the tour for a few days to stop at home where sherry will stay and I'll go on the finish the trip . Michael