Revelstoke Gateway Inn

... like some of the other people we drive with. Olivia, my wife, is quite the multi-tasker while driving. Makes me nervous (just teasing).

We stopped for a couple of hours in Kelona to enjoy the beach by the huge lake, supposedly home to the Ogopogo Monster, a cousin to the Lockness Monster. Natives of old claim to have sighted it.The Sasquatch was water skiing behind it.

We stopped for dinner around 6 p ...

... about Karelian Dogs which they are starting to use to teach bears the boundaries of 'human territory' which they shouldn't cross. Bears are a bit of a problem in Canada, once people start feeding them they then get dehumanised, then start getting aggressive, at which time they are shot. So a lot of work is now going into finding other ways of controlling this problem. Everywhere ...

... was closed. From there we walked the road to the summit parking area, then the narrow road (where the shuttle buses run after mid July) to the summit. From there, you walk a steep trail to the old fire lookout on the summit. The views from around the lookout were stupendous. The summit area trails were indeed snow covered. Even the areas where we walked required some sloshing through the snow.
Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada, British Columbia, Canada 2jgstl

... US Glacier Park in Montana, and all through Waterton Lakes, Banff, and Kootenay. Somehow, it keeps getting better and better. The scenery pictures of Canadian Glacier Park terribly understate the beauty that we saw today.

We stopped at Rogers Pass Visitor Center which is also a National Historic Site. The discovery center explains the history of the Canadian Pacific Railroad through these mountains. In the late ...

... water was pretty cold but I managed a swim at both 9pm and 7am.

It was also the night for getting to know my fellow travellers on the Moose bus. I'm trying a lot harder to remember names so I don't end up with the situation I had in Vancouver, where I couldn't remember the names of half the people I met.

Later we head on to the rockies, which is what we've all been waiting for really.

... enjoyed it! There was a hot tub at the chalet/hostel so as we waited for it to warm up we watched tv and chatted. It took ages but eventually it was a good enough temperature so Bing, Ben, Steve and myself went in the highly chlorinated water. It was nice but eve after showering I still smelt of chlorine! Everyone went to bed nd Steve and I chatted until we were tired enough to also go to sleep. I was sharing a room with Peggy so quietly went to bed at about 12.30.

We're spending Thursday night in Revelstoke, on the road to Banff, Alberta. Once again - an unexpected free wi-fi at the campground, so will write a few lines and post a few photos. Am almost positive we will not have wi-fi from here on, so am posting the next week's dates, locations, and map pins ahead of time so you'll know where we are if you check ...

... pubs and sporting activities to please anyone but can be quite pricey. Our first trip up Whistler was in a cable car (gondola) which was a little scary but we were rewarded with great views. The gondola stops just below the peak at a place called the Roundhouse Lodge where we took these shots. After a BBQ at the Roundhouse ...

... the last spike would've been had it been preserved. It wasn't, so you have to imagine. Sadly, not enough people have been visiting the monument and area, so, due to lack of funding, the shop and information center would be closing at the end of the summer. We checked into the Williamson Lake Campground for the night, for the great price of 12 dollars, and dined on dehydrated fruit and nut curry (made by myself, none of those store-bought packs) with italian stick bread, cooked on a stick!