Across British Columbia (06-04-14)

Crossing the border into Canada was a non-event, although we did get asked a bunch of questions.  I try to cross with no produce because it seems impossible to figure out what produce is ok and what isn’t.  Once again we were asked about guns quite a few different ways, but in the end he just told us to have a nice trip.



 

Our first stop in BC was Monck Provincial Park, where friends of ours are the camp hosts.  Toni and Doug are also fulltimers, but they summer in their home country of Canada and winter in the U.S.

After a great dinner at the Laird’s, we were going to have a camp fire, but the sky kept spitting out rain, so we stayed inside.  The bonus to the rain was a spectacular double rainbow.




 

After only one night we were on the road again.  Leaving this area we eventually started nearing the Canadian Rockies.  We stopped to stretch our legs at a rest area at Eagle Pass and happened to pick one named The Last Spike.  This is where the last spike was put in place that finished the trans Canada railway, running 3000 miles, from sea to sea.

As we approached Glacier National Park in BC (NOT Waterton) the weather got colder and the sky occasionally spewed some rain, but at least it wasn’t that white stuff.  Actually the temperature dropped from the 70s to the 50s.

Our plan was to stay in one of the National Park campgrounds but apparently they don’t open until next week. This is prime avalanche area and many areas have tunnels to protect travelers from that possibility.  Several times we passed evidence of recent landslides or avalanches and in one spot the crew was still clearing the road of 

downed trees and debris.

This morning the sun was shining and this was the view out our window.  Not too shabby. Actually, since we couldn't do the National Park campground, we chose one with full hookup, laundry, and WI-FI.
The next few days we’ll be traveling the Ice Fields Parkway in the Rockies.  I have no idea what our WIFI situation will be, so I wanted to get this posted before I forget what we did!