Revelstoke and Yoho

 After the long days of driving we needed a rest. We got into the Snowforest campground in Revelstoke and took that much needed rest. It was a nice campground the newest in the Canadian National Parks System. Our spot on the B loop was great and I’d recommend the B loop as the spots looked more private than the A loop. Overall not a big campground and I took what I could get making reservations. We wanted to stay three nights but could only find a spot for two nights even trying right when the reservations opened.  Only one full day and being exhausted from driving we didn’t get to explore as much as we were hoping. 

After our two nights we headed back over the passes. I was dreading it but it turned out to be not a bad drive at all. Being at the tail end of a nine hour drive and it raining were more the issue than the road it seems when we came across the first time. We just had one day at Yoho and I had something’s I was hoping to hit but we stopped in Golden to do some much needed laundry and that ate some time that afternoon. Not that it mattered much, the site we got wasn’t very good at the kicking horse campground. Well it was a good campsite for camping but hard to get into and they had the exit loop closed and blocked off so once in couldn’t get the car out without moving the camper. But it was ok more just camp fires and camping was fine with me. Just glad we weren’t planning more than one night. 

Now for some pictures.

Our Campsite at Snowforest Campground Revelstoke

Marcus chopping wood. At the national parks here they charge you a fire fee with the campsite. But then local firewood is provided and free. Pretty good idea.

Different angle of our campsite. Had some good camping this stop. Revelstoke also had our first real run in with mosquitoes. Not too bad at the campground and fire kept them at bay mostly.

We went to town to find the visitor center and grab lunch. We stopped at La Baguette. It was a cool local place. Great food and that vanilla latte was the best cup of coffee I ever had.

We just had the one day and got going late so our main activity was driving up Mt. Revelstoke. Shot of the town from a view point in the way up. Was a very winding long drive to the top.

At the top there was some hiking trails we went to the trail to the summit only a couple of kilometers.

It was rainy. Guess it’s usually rainy. Revelstoke is a landlocked rainforest. So is more like the Washington coast or Juneau than the rest of the mountians.

This hike was where the misquotes really shined. They were swarming.

Great views

Someone helped us out to get a good shot of the family

The fire tower at the top. I was expecting an actual tower. 

Marc and Luke they were horsing around the entire hike. 

They had some culture and art along the walk

On the way down we stopped off at Nel’s Nelson ski jump area. An old ski jump to check it out and get in the metal pants.

Marcus in the metal pants. So you leaned into them and hung over the edge. I guess to feel what it’s like to jump? It was odd but fun.

Becky getting in, she was a little short.

Luke trying, he had tennis shoes on and the slipped when he leaned in so Marcus was helping a brother out, literally.

Shot of the river from the park in town. Was real swirly water there. Marcus needed to use there track in the park for a workout. I tried to do laundry but it didn’t work out. First place I went to was a commercial laundry that services motels. The guy there noticed I wasn’t from around there and we talked for quite a bit. He wanted to know how much grief I got about the 51st state business. I said “None, you’re the first one”. He got a kick out of it seemed like a good guy he gave me some info about the area and warned me the one laundry mat in town wasn’t that great “it’s pretty small” and sure enough I went there and just drove by. Was in the busy part of town so no place to park and was a tiny sliver of a building with a lot of people inside already so it was a bust. I went and walked around the park until Marc was done. We ended up having to stop in Golden on the way to Yoho the next day.

Our crazy camping spot in Yoho. Only way in was to drive though as it was designed for but they had the out blocked off so the car was trapped. Just a night here and getting late in the day already so more camping. 

Was a nice spot otherwise. I got Samus to chop some firewood for me.

We put some beans in the fire and grilled hotdogs for supper.

Looking up

Out a ways from our campsite coming back from the woodpile a good shot of the mountains. We were really close to them but with the trees didn’t have a great view. But they were there in all their splendor.