Thorsen Creek (near Bella Coola, BC)
Today’s photos were taken in the Bella Coola Valley. After many miles of plateau country, BC’s Highway 20 dives off The Hill, going from a 5,000 foot elevation to sea level in 27 miles of gravel roads with multiple tight switchbacks (around one of which we found the bear I showed you last week). At the bottom, it opens up into a flattish valley surrounded by the Coast Mountains, first-and-second-growth forests, sparkling creeks, and terrific farmland.
This area hasn’t been affected by the forest fires I’ve been mentioning the past few weeks, other than road closures for driving out. They do have sea and air access. Meanwhile, above them on the plateau country, some fires of many square miles are still burning out of control. The populations of entire towns and cities have been evacuated for over a week while emergency personnel continue the fight to save their homes. We do have several comparatively small fires in our region, none threatening communities or affecting air quality at this time. Please do keep praying!
Bella Coola Inlet (Pacific Ocean!)
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Nusatsum River (near Bella Coola, BC)
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Nature Walk (near Bella Coola, BC)
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Bella Coola River (near Bella Coola, BC)
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
Hi Valerie, thanks for sharing more photos. This looks like a place I definitely need to visit- the Bella Coola River looks fun for paddling!
Blessings:)
Inspiring pictures Valerie! Thanks for the update on the fires! Congrats to the winners! The creek picture is my favorite, reminds me of Hickory Creek in SW Michigan, where my sons loved to play! Best wishes!
Cool pictures! It does look cool and inviting! Thanks
Thanks for sharing….beautiful, lovely!
It probably would be! It’s very popular for salmon fishing, but we weren’t there at the right time. They also do float tours down the river to watch for bears – but again, best during the salmon run.
I just loved the clear blue-green color of glacial melt in those creeks! If you’ve looked at my vacation photos on Facebook, Thorsen Creek is the one we hiked along to view the petroglyphs.
It was cool – weather near freezing overnight! Very north coastal.
Happy to share the beauty!
Lovely pictures! Thank you for sharing. The tight switch backs would be a challenge. Lord bless the people affected by fire.
Let’s put it this way: If I were behind the wheel, I wouldn’t have driven that hill! But either way, I don’t drive the truck when we’re towing the trailer, anyway! I’m glad we went, though.
Hi Valerie, I’ve never been to BC, but your wonderful pictures make me want to go there. And after googling your temp and seeing there’s a high today of 65, I definitely want to trade it for my humid 95 degree heat! :)
My thanks to JoAnn Durgin for the giveaway win of her book, The Valentine Verse, I can’t wait to jump in and read it!
Hi Tracey! Congrats on being a winner!
BC is a big place with wide ranging temperatures. Here in the southeast, we’re anywhere from 82 to 90F today, where a couple of weeks ago we were in the high 90s… so this is much more pleasant! In the coastal areas, the temperatures don’t fluctuate as much.
Beautiful pictures! Love the creek and the path thru the big trees.
Thanks! It was a lovely place to be :)
Valerie, these pictures remind me of where I live on the Oregon coast! I bet I’d feel right at home if I ever visited :-)
Looking forward to another terrific week on Inspy Romance!
Thanks! Always a pleasure to have you here.