This morning we awoke to the sound of rain dripping onto the camper roof. Luckily for us, this has been an unfamiliar sound and today would be another occasion where we were skipping town just as the poor weather started to come in. Yesterday was our hottest day yet - low 30°Cs - so we were just thankful for the cooler temperature that came with the rain.
After packing up our things, we set off on the road again to our next destination - Lillooet. In order to avoid retracing our last route here, we decided to go a slightly longer way, first heading south passed the centre of Kelowna, then north-west. This led us along through the town of Merritt where we stopped for lunch, at a burger place called A&W which seems to be quite popular over here. Our meals were nice, but we inadvertently ordered a pint of root beer with our meals that we'd made the mistake of trying earlier in our holiday. The best description would be ice-cold, carbonated cough medicine.
Continuing on our way, we headed through Sunshine Valley and Nicola Valley. This saw the return of something we'd missed since we left Alberta - mountains! True to its name, Sunshine Valley parted the clouds and sent the temperature rocketing. The area seemed quite arid compared to the mountainous areas we'd visited already. The mountainsides had much fewer trees, and showed much more dusty soil. It was still a beautiful area. At one point we startled a pair of deer that were grazing at the roadside - a buck and a doe. The buck quickly ran into the bushes, but the doe stayed around to have a look at us as we parked up to look back.
After a few more hours of driving, we arrived at our campgrounds on the southern outskirts of Lillooet. The proprietor of the campground helped us into our bay, and after a long days drive (with another equally long one tomorrow) we settled in for the evening.
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