We wanted to see some of the mountain and lake terrain that you see in all the advertising, the real countryside of Canada.
About an hour and 20 minutes out of Vancouver is Lake Alouette, one of the larger mountain lakes close to the city.
Unfortunately the drive en route was through some fairly busy suburban/city areas with plenty of road construction going on and the day was hot.
It was with relief that we finally sighted green and forest and once we entered the Golden Ears Provincial Park
(http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/vancouver/parks/goldears.htm) it was just gorgeous.
Currently it's Candadian vacation season, so anywhere popular is bound to be a bit busy.
The main day area of the Lake was just that- swarming with family picnickers and campers enjoying the great outdoors. We found a small piece of timber jetty on the lake to sit and munch our rolls and then decided to drive further along the road to find some nature that was more tranquil.
Gold Creek was another ten minutes or so away and that's where the lake got interesting and really beautiful. Driving over a timber bridge we sighted a fast running creek with lots of rocks and could hear the nearby falls.
The creek has plenty of pools of still water for swimming-emerald green in colour and the banks of stone overhanging with rain forest trees. Truly stunning.
The creek base is river stones and winds around through the forest then opens out to the main lake, used for boating and camping. The water was crystal clear and Woody ventured in-as he always does-in his bonds undies. Chilly but not too cold.
It is impossible for Woody to see a body of water and not jump in for a swim-its against his nature (he's a human fish!). I rolled my jeans up and waded to my knees-what a woos.
Sounds fun, but where are all the stunning pics?
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