Regent Inn Revelstoke

Help, I'm suffering from majestic mountain view overload! Coming through the rocky mountains yesterday, the weather was perfect. Sunny, blue skies, a few fluffy white clouds here and there. We did a short trip to Harrison Hot Springs, north east of Chilliwack, to start off the day, and had a great breakfast sandwich only steps away from the indoor hot springs and the beach that I remembered from childhood days. The ...

... go has bear-proof bins, especially in the National Parks, but also in urban areas too.
We stayed at Revelstoke in the most gorgeous bed and breakfast, drove up Mt Revelstoke before dinner and walked up the mountain, We could see a lot of wildflower meadows, just starting to come out in flowers, unfortunately we were there a couple of weeks too early to see the best displays.

... as another 1 km to the summit. He told us that the summit meadows were still snow covered.

The wildflowers were a real treat. We saw Slender Yellow Hawkweed, Orange Hawkweek, Yellow Glacier Lilies, Lupin (purple), Bog's White Orchids, Indian Paintbrush (red), Yellow Buttercup, Thimbleberry, and both Purple and White Mountain Daisies. It took 14 switchbacks to reach the point where the ...

We left Kootenay National Park / Radium Hot Springs this morning, headed toward Glacier National Park and Mount Revelstoke National Park. We traveled north on Highway 95, then west on Trans Canada 1, which goes through both parks. Our destination for the day was Canyon Hot Springs Resort and RV Park, halfway between the two national parks.

We have enjoyed spectacular snow and glacier capped mountain scenery since ...

So it's warm, very warm and I can see loads of snow on top of the mountains. Crazy.

These are the Columbia Mountains, between the Cascade Mountains to the West and the Rocky Mountains to the east, so called because the mighty Columbia river flows through them right down south and through the USA.

I spent last night in Shushwap lake, an absolute monster spanning at least 100km I recon ...

... in Canada and most places were shut. The supermarket was open but the hostel doesnt have cooking facilities. We went to the hostel and checked in. It is mostly chalets and is mainly used by skiers and snowmobilers. The resort was closed until the season started apart from the hostel being open to Moose. We relaxed until we were hungry and went to McDonalds for tea (always open!!). I had filler O' fish, fries and a strawberry milkshake and actually ...

... took the coquialla highway. What a beautifull Highway. Very scenic. Arrived in Kamploops at noon. It look like a wonderfull city in a deep valley. The place remind me some places in Arizona. Arrived here at four and it is 8hrs and already pitch dark. Not use to that. I am very tired and will go to bed now. Tomorrow Calgary to see nos amours. Bye

... the best campsite in Canada and it was only 5 minutes from the Village. This is where you start to get the feel for this type of mountain terrain. The view from the campsite. The village is at the base of two mountains, Whistler and Blackcomb and has a typical ski resort look about it. There is lots of shopping ...

... airports are far enough outside towns, aren't they? Yeah, when I found our location on that may, finally, we had crossed the one and only bridge in Kamloops, and just kept driving. We were about 20 minutes outside of town. I was more than a little upset when we finally made our way to the Wendy's. At least I got my salad. In Craigellachie, we saw the last spike driven into the Trancontinental Railway, connecting the eastern half of Canada with the western half of Canada, or, at least ...