Our intention was to return from a family wedding in Quesnel via Highway 1, then turn off at Hat Creek Ranch to go down through Lillooet and return by way of Whistler. Instead, we had to divert south of 100 Mile House because of road closures due to mudslides from Clinton south to Cache Creek. Passing through Kamloops, we saw the sun as a faded orb through a shroud of forest fire smoke. Below, beyond ghostly islands, the far shore of Lac La Hache is completely obscured by smoke, and a heavy haze hangs over the Coquihalla Highway. Eeerily similar to last year.
