Day 80, Saturday, 9/5: Carol and Sheldon brought cinnamon buns to our camper door this morning and they immediately went to the top of our ratings list! Sticky, which is just how we like them! About 9:00 we all headed over to Barkerville, just a few kliks from the campground. Bought our tickets and decided which show we wanted to see at the theatre. Went through some old houses that are furnished with items from the 1860’s to 1890’s. There are shops up and down the street too. Our first ‘adventure’ was to take a ride in the stage coach. There were 7 of us inside and another 4 or 5 on top along with the driver. It was a little bumpy and we were commenting on how we could not stand to be in one a whole day, let alone 7 days which is how long it usually took to get to the next town. Quite an experience. After that we strolled farther up the street toward China town, then on up the hill to the courthouse. It was about 1 klik and ‘uphill’ so of course I was slow. Bob and I took our time and were almost late for the show but they were kind enough to wait for us as they knew we were on our way.
After that we took a ‘trail’ to the Chinese and Catholic cemetery. It was steep too for a ways but then it was all downhill from there! The cemetery isn’t much to see as all the headstones are gone and it is so overgrown. Walked the wagon road back into town and had just enough time to grab a bite to eat before our show started at 1:00. What a fantastic show it was! There were 6 performers and boy could they sing, dance and play musical instruments. They sang songs from the era and also did a ‘rap’ version of an old mining song which everyone loved! It was very entertaining and lasted about an hour. After that we visited more buildings, shops and houses along the street. Ended up at the gold panning area where each of us tried our hand at it and got a few tiny specks of gold to show for it! On to the water wheel demonstration and that was quite entertaining too. Barkerville is just such a fun place to visit and we could have spent much more time seeing everything but about 6:00 we were getting tired and decided to head back to camp. One last stop at the Candy Store and we were on our way….
Andy and Sandy treated us with moose steaks for dinner and I have to say they were quite good! Never thought I would be eating moose but glad we had the opportunity to try it. We ate dinner outside and then went into their RV for dessert. It was another great evening of food and spirits, and great conversation with friends
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