brenda mine / behind peachland

highwaystar · 07-26-2010, 05:31 PM

hey! Glad to be back!

I joined this site when it first started but then didnt have the internet for a year, but now we moved into a new place and im able to pick up someones wireless signal

so hopefully ill be able to surf more often and join in on and post some trips as long as they dont get wise and put a password on.

Anyways this last weekend I found myself with a day to myself so i took a drive up to the brenda mine to see what was up there...

well there was a big waste pond

and everything else was fenced off. (not well mind you

but i didnt want to go in alone)

climbed up a bit higher to try and get a view, you can see some cement silo type things and there was a few cement buildings in there.

then took some forestry roads up to the coquihalla. very nice alpine driving

purty flowers

then I turned around and headed down into the valley to the headwater lakes and thought id take a side road to summerland - princeton road

old cabin along the way

wood stove inside

old dam on the summerland princeton road

played around on the hills above faulder.

two tracks in clay in sagebrush is some of my favorite wheeling.

then it was time to head back and hit the lake for a swim. hehe. not an epic adventure but hopefully one is comming. want to do an arrow lakes, lardeau, duncan river valley trip in a few weeks

but have a 6 months pregnant wife so may be tricky to pull off...

thx for reading

bcghosttowns · 07-26-2010, 07:32 PM

Very nice pictures,i have always wanted to explore Brenda mines.The "old dam" you mentioned,Its only 2 years old.

shancerlelby · 07-26-2010, 08:23 PM

nice little drive looks like, I'd love to spend a night in the old cabin, looks good for telling ghost stories and scaring kids

Lone Ranger · 07-26-2010, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shancerlelby

nice little drive looks like, I'd love to spend a night in the old cabin, looks good for telling ghost stories and scaring kids

...or to keep in the back of your memory, quick shelter when the world goes to shht and you need a quick shelter to escape to. Just saying..

LR

highwaystar · 07-26-2010, 08:56 PM

the dam wasnt letting any water through and there was a creek flowing beside it so I thought it was obsolete! kind of looked like archaic engineering all rounded and such...

the cabin wasnt that inviting...

but for zombie apocolypse?? who knows?

Lone Ranger · 07-26-2010, 09:23 PM

It has potential for sure. LR

07-26-2010, 05:31 PM	#1
highwaystar OLC Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Okanagan Posts: 258	brenda mine / behind peachland hey! Glad to be back! I joined this site when it first started but then didnt have the internet for a year, but now we moved into a new place and im able to pick up someones wireless signal so hopefully ill be able to surf more often and join in on and post some trips as long as they dont get wise and put a password on. Anyways this last weekend I found myself with a day to myself so i took a drive up to the brenda mine to see what was up there... well there was a big waste pond and everything else was fenced off. (not well mind you but i didnt want to go in alone) climbed up a bit higher to try and get a view, you can see some cement silo type things and there was a few cement buildings in there. then took some forestry roads up to the coquihalla. very nice alpine driving purty flowers then I turned around and headed down into the valley to the headwater lakes and thought id take a side road to summerland - princeton road old cabin along the way wood stove inside old dam on the summerland princeton road played around on the hills above faulder. two tracks in clay in sagebrush is some of my favorite wheeling. then it was time to head back and hit the lake for a swim. hehe. not an epic adventure but hopefully one is comming. want to do an arrow lakes, lardeau, duncan river valley trip in a few weeks but have a 6 months pregnant wife so may be tricky to pull off... thx for reading __________________ I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere, than any city on earth. - Steve McQueen

07-26-2010, 07:32 PM	#2
bcghosttowns OLC Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Princeton B.C. Posts: 1,252	Very nice pictures,i have always wanted to explore Brenda mines.The "old dam" you mentioned,Its only 2 years old. __________________ 2010 Ranger 3 inch superlift,265/75 r16 10ply Dean sxt muds,6000k HID heads and fogs w/14' canoe on top 1974 Pod trailer build thread here

07-26-2010, 08:23 PM	#3
shancerlelby OLC Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Quesnel b.c. Posts: 277	nice little drive looks like, I'd love to spend a night in the old cabin, looks good for telling ghost stories and scaring kids __________________ 1994 Toyota 4runner, 3.0, 4.88's, lockrite, 8k hids, ome coils, bj spacers, 33x12.5 bfg m/t, trailgear rear disc. Sold 1986 HJ60 toyota landcruiser 4.0 2h diesel, 5 speed, rust

07-26-2010, 08:56 PM	#5
highwaystar OLC Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Okanagan Posts: 258	the dam wasnt letting any water through and there was a creek flowing beside it so I thought it was obsolete! kind of looked like archaic engineering all rounded and such... the cabin wasnt that inviting... but for zombie apocolypse?? who knows? __________________ I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere, than any city on earth. - Steve McQueen

07-26-2010, 09:23 PM	#6
Lone Ranger OLC Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: 49.0459, -122.6244 Posts: 842	It has potential for sure. LR __________________ Matt T. ------------------------------ '09 Ford Ranger FX4 ______________________________

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