#2: [28-Aug-03]

25-Aug-2001 -- The trip to the confluence looked to be straight forward with most of it being on good paved highways. Only the last few kilometres were an unknown as previous experience had proven that roads shown on the Map Quest maps could be anything from good to almost nonexistent.

I created a route on my Garmin GPS12 with the major turns waypointed and set out with a printout of the Map Quest map in hand.

The 150 km drive on pavement passed quickly and after about two hours I turned off onto a wide, well maintained, gravel road. After a few kilometres on this road my GPS indicated that I was approaching my next turn just as I approached a turnoff to the south.

Unfortunately my path was blocked by a gate erected by the provincial fish and game division. A sign explained that the road was closed to motorized vehicles for wildlife management purposes.

As it was already afternoon and the gate was 15 km from the confluence I decided not to try it.

This would be an ideal confluence for someone with a mountain bike, horse or even on skinny skis in the winter.