This blog is set up to record our adventure as we travel North America in our 5th wheel. We just retired this year and are staying at Wildwood Rv and Golf Resort.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Cache Creek, British Columbia
Located at junction of Trans Canada Highway 1 and Highway 97, a 6 hour drive from U.S. border.population 1,115. Called the Arizona of Canada, Cache Creek's climate is characterized as semi-desert, with hot,dry summers and cold, dry winters.
Cache Creek is an oasis of traveler services in the middle of desert- like country.
Caribou Jade Shoppe offers variety of items made from jade. Mining is one of the industries that supports the settlement as well as logging, tourism and agriculture. Area soils are dry but fertile. The residents claim that with irrigation nearly anything can be grown here.
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