June 18, 2009 | Tips from Travellers > Williams Lake, Cemeteries
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If you travel through the Chilcotin, highway 20 will take you to many of the areas you'll want to visit. There is so much along the road: there are endless stops to make for photo opportunities or just sightseeing. One of these stops was close to Alexis Creek, a little cemetary on the side of the road. The beauty of the mountains in the area really adds to the stop, and the golden grass growing around the plots made it a very calming resting place, even though its along a major roadway. Be sure to keep your eyes open all along this highway as there is so much to see!
May 12, 2009 | Tips from Travellers > Williams Lake, Horseback Riding
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We took a short horsemanship lesson at Chezacut, which turned out to be probably one of my favorite moments of the trip. Dominique, the owner, taught us how to become more in tune with a horse, demonstrating how to get the horse to move forwards and backwards, sidestep and around in a circle. The lesson culminated with all the members of our group managing to load our respective horse into a horse trailer.
I had never experienced something like this before. It was a level of connection and higher learning I've never had working with horses or going on typical trail rides (which I've done plenty of!). Dominique was great too, not letting us back down from the challenge of working with the horses. And to top it off, beautiful scenery!