2018 4WDrive Overland SE - June

From alpine vistas to barren
river gorges, this trip visits many
different environments.
Big Bar Ferry is a cable
ferry that will get you
across the Fraser River.
in BC. I love my mountains and meadows,
but the washed terrain of the Chilcotin
is my favourite. I stopped after the
ascent and to grab a few geocaches, and
appreciate what I had around me.
I had one more night and I opted to
head to Boston Bar, fill up with gas, and
take my favourite alternate route, Kookapi,
instead of the canyon.
After being held up by a couple trains,
I made my way up the Nahatlatch Valley
to the last campsite before the Kookapi
FSR and set up camp for the night. I was
awoken the next morning by a parade of
logging trucks, and after quickly packing
up, I was on the road. I swapped the
VHF channel to the one being used on
Kookapi, as they were actively hauling and
I really didn’t want to meet a logging truck
unexpectedly coming around a corner.
I finished the home stretch with a quick
stop at Clear Creek to wash the worst of
the dust off me before heading home, and
it felt great, aside from the black flies. I
dried off, climbed back in the Jeep and
headed down the last few kilometres of
dirt road to get home and unpack.
While the China Head/Poison
Mountain safari was a bucket list trip
for me, this really needs to be on every
wheelers list of must do’s. It is where I saw
and experienced more in three days then
some people may in a lifetime. Thank you
to all the friends that support me, without
you I wouldn’t have the courage to be a
solo female wheeler.
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