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Published: August 17th 2009
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I was ready to camp on Saturday night, but Saturday morning the long-promised downpour came. I sat in my car in a restaurant parking lot in Kamloops, contemplating my stranger-ness in a strange land. When you travel, you don't have a home to go to when the rain comes down.
We skipped the dismal camping and headed east. Spent the night in Revelstoke. The morning broke in a promising light. So we drove up the Meadow to Sky roadway into Revelstoke National Park. The road takes you almost to the summit of the mountain, then you can hike a kilometer to the top where there are viewpoints, loop trails, nature trails, many flowers. It was lovely. Though the park is small, there are two other trails we hiked, one through a grove of cedars and one along a marsh, called the Skunk Cabbage Trail.
Then we went on to Glacier National Park, not too far east. Wild, grand vistas--scenery in the sublime style. The hikes there all ascend higher and higher toward Heaven's gate. So we merely gawked.
Now we're in Golden, ready to head into Yoho National Park tomorrow for a couple of nights of camping. I'll
The Columbia River
Here the Columbia flows south in Revelstoke. (In Golden, where I am today, it flows north.) be out of touch for a while.
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wendy
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Hi
Cindy, What beautiful pictures!