Blogs from Mount Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia, Canada, North America

29th July ’12 Kamloops to Golden, B.C. After a scrum in the motel’s breakfast room I managed to get a cup of tea and then we set off for Mount Revelstoke National Park. Once again lovely scenery – mountains and forests, like Alaska but with more trees. We drove into the park and then up 32 kilometres of hair pin bends to the car park near the Meadows in the Sky summit – there are lots of alpine flowers everywhere, hence the name. There were two car parks both of which were full so we ended up part way back down the road on a bit of verge. We got out of the car and were instantly attacked by mossies and biting flies, nasty! Once back up at the top car park we caught the shuttle ... read more

Another early start this morning, we packed our things and met in the hostel lobby ready to set off to Mt. Revelstoke. Before we left I went for a walk down the road to try find a souvenir shop to buy something tacky, nothing was open I gave up. It was a long day of driving today and we didn’t even have time to check out Mt Revelstoke, but it was planned for tomorrow. We arrived at the campsite in the evening, set up our tents and made dinner. We met a lady camping near us and chatted to her about our adventures while she kindly took some photos for us. For the rest of the night we got drunk and played poker long into the early hours of the morning. Day 11: Vancouver - Mount ... read more