SCENES FROM EASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Day 324 – When we woke up this morning it was partly cloudy, but because of the current “heat dome” it’s very hazy in the distance. The mountains around here are so beautiful, haze is not a good thing. Next to us we had an older lady & gentleman in a Class C RV; they only stayed last night. We didn’t see much of them, but we did see a lot of their cat. A gorgeous long-haired cat, obviously being spoiled by its parents was leading the woman around outdoors – the cat was on a leash and it knew it was in charge. Exploring the campground, trying to go into the woods, walking around the RVs and checking them out, this cat was funny – prancing and happy as a clam. When the woman sat outside smoking her cigarette, the kitty was on its leash greeting everyone that went by. Just adorable.
The high today was 88 degrees. We’re in an open grassy field and are glad we can use the air conditioning. We took a long drive after lunch and while the girls enjoyed the RV A/C, we had the Honda’s A/C on.
A good portion of this trip has been spent in western British Columbia. We are now in the town of McBride near the Province of Alberta on the eastern side of BC. Today we took a drive to two scenic places within an hour of our campground and closer to Alberta and the Canadian Rockies. Tomorrow we move to Whistlers Campground in Jasper National Park. We’ll be passing by these same scenic sites then but would not be stopping since we’d be in the RV with the Honda hooked up behind us. Parking can be impossible to find with this large RV/Honda combination, so we thought driving to these scenic viewpoints today in the Honda was a good idea. We didn’t want to miss these picture opportunities.
We first went into McBride to a hardware store and to the post office. McBride was a cute old western-style town. Then we drove to the scenic Rearguard Falls Provincial Park and hiked down to the Falls where the mighty Fraser River cascades over a rock ledge. In August Chinook Salmon leap up the Falls on the way to their spawning grounds. Being very near the end of August, we really didn’t think we’d see many Salmon, but we saw plenty. They were very hard to photograph as they briefly leapt out of the water. The green color of the water was caused by glacial silt.
On our way to our next scenic viewpoint, we pulled off the road at the parking lot for the Mount Terry Fox Viewpoint & Rest Area. Terry Fox was the young boy who had cancer and had his leg amputated, but for charity and cancer awareness, he ran across the country while everyone followed his progress on the news and TV.
Our next destination was Mount Robson Provincial Park. Mount Robson loomed up above us as we got closer to it – beautiful. Mount Robson is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies at 12,972 feet tall. We stopped at the visitor’s center where they had an observation deck overlooking the mountain. (Sadly, everyone there that was seated on the benches around the perimeter of the deck was too busy staring at their phones to enjoy the scenery. Amazing.)
Before turning around to head back to the RV, we drove through the two Provincial Park campgrounds that were near the visitor’s center, the River campground and the Meadow campground. Neither were full and both were nice (to keep in mind if we came back and wanted to stay close to Mount Robson).
Back at the campground we made pizza for dinner using the homemade dough from Cobs Bread. Yummy. This campground has been a good stopover place for two nights. We are sorry to leave British Columbia tomorrow – it’s been great and if we came back, there’s still more to explore.
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