TRAVEL DAY
From: Beaverview RV Park & Campground, McBride, BC.
To: Whistlers Campground, Jasper National Park, Jasper, Alberta (AB).
Day 325 – It was 59 degrees at 7:05 a.m. this morning. More campers had come in during the night and the campground was getting busier. We’re leaving – we timed that one right. The Canadians celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday in September, also. We’ve got a 3-day weekend coming up.
We departed Beaverview RV Park after dumping tanks; it was 10:15 a.m. It was 66 degrees and partly cloudy. We’ll be traveling from British Columbia to Alberta, crossing the Continental Divide, and going from Pacific time to Mountain time. Our destination, Whistlers Campground, is one of the campgrounds within Jasper National Park. It is located at the north end of the “Icefield Parkway”, which is considered to be one of the most scenic roads in the World. We’ll see……
The scenery was awesome – the beautiful Fraser River, the incredible mountains, the forests, the blue sky and the fluffy white clouds – it wasn’t crystal clear out but it was less hazy than yesterday, and that was good. Overall for today at least, we think the most jaw-dropping scenery was Mount Robson. What an amazing sight. And the perfect bit of scenery for the end of our trip in beautiful British Columbia.
We arrived at our campground at 1:05 p. m (Mountain time). It was partly cloudy and breezy, 80 degrees. We checked in; we have reservations for ten nights. We dumped tanks, then headed over to our campsite, #15G. We had some concerns at first glance, because most of the very large (60 loops with anywhere from 10 to 45 campsites per loop) campground was out in the open with only a couple of loops located in the woods. Since it was supposed to be 88 degrees today and in the 90’s for at least the next two days, we needed shade. There were no hook-ups at the campsites.
As we drove the long outer campground road looking for our loop, we were so happy to see that our campsite was indeed in the trees. Not completely wooded, but enough that it will probably make a decent difference in how comfortable we are. Rob made these reservations; he got patted on the back numerous times.
We ate lunch first, then unpacked and set up camp. The campground seems to be filling up fast, at least from what we can tell on this loop. Holiday weekend coming. Rob set up the tent and we went out there until my Kindle ran out of batteries and had to be hooked up to the charger. Then we came inside to work on the blog, which brings us to right now (4:40 p.m. – we lost an hour in the change of time zones, but regardless of what time zone we are in, the 5 p.m. Happy Hour approaches). Back to the tent we will go.