A couple of days ago Alison, Lucas, Jim and I went for a bit if a 4x4 adventure to the top of
Greenstone Mountain, the site of several radio and microwave towers and an old forest fire lookout. We managed to get the Explorer to within ~100m of the top. The last bit is steep and rocky, but no problem in low range, and the ground is very solid (i.e. rocky!) so there was no chance of damage to the terrain.
Greenstone is the highest point in the area and the views are great in all directions. We could see Tunkwa and Leighton Lakes in one direction, Kamloops Lake looking in another direction, and the Thompson River and Kamloops in yet another direction.
The lookout is at the highest point of Greenstone, and it ominously has a lightning rod on the peak of its roof! It would be quite a thrill to be up there during a thunderstorm...
Here are some photographs from our visit:
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| Lucas, Alison and Jimmy at the lookout |
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| Lucas, Alison & Jimmy with Tunkwa Lake in the distant background |
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| Me, Alison & Lucas |
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| It was windy up there! |
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| Alison in the wind |
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| Inside the forest fire lookout |
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| Lookit that! |
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| We added to the graffiti... |
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| Yup, it was windy... |
On our way back we drove past Dominic Lake Fishing Camp where many of the fence posts nearby have hats perched on them. Since I first saw them I've wanted to add one to the collection, so we stopped and Alison placed a hat that I had found on the road a while back:
Alison calls the hats a "wilderness meme".
Cheers! KW
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