Kamloops to Drumheller

I am sharing this picture of the truck and 5th wheel just as we were heading out on Wednesday morning.  We left early and of course had to stop at Timmy's for a coffee for the road.  I took this shot at the Mission TH.  As our truck is only a 1500, the worse part of this journey will be coming through the snow shed on the Coquihalla.  As anticipated the Chev grunted its way up the long hill and successfully made it to the summit.  Yay!!!  You could just watch the gas gauge dropping by the minute!  But hey,,, we knew this before we started out on this trip.  We arrived in Kamloops where we had prearranged to spend the night at Ron & Mary Friesen's RV "spot".  Thanks so much Ron and Mary for the great accomadations!  We were able to have a great visit with the newly engaged, Tanya and Dean.  What a beautiful ring!!!  We are so happy for the two of you.

The drive from Kamloops into Canmore was very uneventful.  I was hoping to catch sight of some wildlife, but there was none to be had.  We did pass a place at Jade Mountain that had an old looking "store" called "Rustic Mountain Furniture".  Now what does "rustic" really mean?  Does it mean slightly used, very old, or furniture made from logs?  I think some day I will have to check that place out, I may want to refurnish a room or two!

The drive through Sicamous was so beautiful and I had expected to see the Shuswap lake littered with hundreds of houseboats.  But we saw only one houseboat and as there were very few at the wharf I can only surmis that the others were out beyond our sight from the highway.  Saw a sign that said "Segway Tours",,, so that could be something to do one day when Ray thinks he should park his Harley!  Somehow I doubt that is going to happen anytime soon!!

We drove through Rogers Pass and of course the scenery of the mountains was breathtaking.  I never tire of looking at the rugged mountains especially as we approach Revelstoke and other areas east.  While going through Golden, I am busy trying to spot the Kicking Horse River (which we rafted down a few years back).  All of a sudden Ray says "What's this idiot doing".  I look up to see a mini van crossing the road in front of us.  The van was heading west and we are heading east.... then we saw this man walk out almost in front of us, and with his arms tells us to slow down.  It was then we noticed that there was a bright yellow stripe running down the leg of his trousers..... that Pony Rider could have pulled Ray over and written him a ticket,,,,but he just waved us on and yelled at us to slow down. Phew! 

Our plan had been to spend the night in Lake Louise, but we somehow missed the turn off.  So we ended up spending the night in Canmore.  The campsite was a community site and was a bit run down which was disappointing.  But we went for a walk and I took a photo of the Three Sisters, just for Tan and Shelly!

On the way out of Canmore I saw a sign on Hwy 1 (busy road) that said "watch for pedestrians".  Now all through Yoho and Banff National parks you see signs that say "watch for wildlife".  so we watched very carefully and did not see one pedestrian!

We are in Drumheller as I type this.  As we drove into this fairly small town there were some green and purple dinosaurs and a bright orange sabre tooth tiger, in front of some businesses.  As the purpose of coming to Drumheller was to visit the Royal Tyrell Museum.  The thought stuck me that I hoped that the museum was not going to have a tacky purple dinosaur at the entrance to the building.  We were pleasantly surprised as there was no tacky looking dinosaurs in sight.  The museum was amazing!  It is hard to believe what roamed the earth so many millions of years ago.  Of course now that I am back at the campsite I can't remember what the difference between a T-Rex or any other of those dino creatures is!!   Ray truly enjoyed this visit!

As we have not been too lucky in having internet connection so far, we will likely only do a post to this blog every few days.  I hope I don't bore you to death with my ramblings along this Bogus Adventure of ours.  Have a great weekend!! Lori and Ray