Friday, September 2 and we once again headed to the east. We left Kamloops on Canada #1. We came to the town of Sicamous. Along the river banks there were a great number of houseboats. As we continued toward the east there was a sign that stated that Sicamous was the "houseboat capital of Canada". I never thought about Canada and houseboats! You just never know what you will find out along the road.
As we continued east we entered Canadian Glacier National Park. We stopped at the visitor center in the park and obtained our Canadian National Park Pass (which is needed to stop in any of the Canadian National Parks). The park rangers were very helpful and full of information. Once again there were clouds over the mountains and fresh snow on the tops. What a beautiful sight! As we left the ranger station we passed over Rogers Pass at 1327 meters or 4352 feet. We also passed from Pacific time to Mountain time.
We finally reached the town of Golden and stayed at the Whispering Spruce Campground. What a nice park, lots of trees and at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Columbia river.
The Columbia river begins its 1243 mile journey in the southern Rocky Mountain Trench in British Columbia, Columbia Lake - 2690 feet (820m) above sea level - and the adjoining Columbia Wetlands form the rivers headwaters. The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. By volume, the Columbia is the fourth largest river in the U.S. and it has the greatest flow of any North American river draining into the Pacific Ocean.
The Columbia River rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada and flows northwest and then south into the state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon before emptying into the Pacific.
Tomorrow we will reach Banff and begin our tour of the Canadian
National Parks.
We have been looking forward to this trip for a while. I just hope that we will have good weather!! We had planned to head to Canada in July but with the Calgary Stampede we could not find camping space. As it turned out the month of July was very rainy. More later,
Candy
