May 12 - Cache Creek, Day 2
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Looking south over Cache Creek. Hwy 97C runs from top right to bottom middle of picture.
The road heading to the left is Hwy 1 east to Kamloops.
(Our campground entrance is just at the top left of the picture)
So you might be wondering what there is to do in Cache Creek, BC (pop: 1,037) for two days. Us too!! Not much as it turns out.
We decided last night to take a drive to the Highland Valley Copper mine on the road to Logan Lake. This is an impressive, if not worrying, sight to see. Operations at the mine have been extended to 2019.
The drive up to the mine was equally impressive - a combination of an 8% grade followed by an 11% grade. Total elevation change approx. 488m (1,600') over 10.5 kms (6.5 miles).
We stopped on the way back in Ashcroft where we found a grocery store!! YEA!! (We wondered where CC people shopped for groceries!)
