Day 8...We are sitting in a campsite in Kamloops BC...is that a train I hear coming this way??...and do you think they run all night??

In our last "blogging" we were just outside Swift Current. Tonight we are in Kamloops...A fair bit has gone on since then.
From Winnipeg to Swift Current to Calgary the landscape changes incredibly...from forests to thin forest to flat plains to rolling grazing fields and then all of a sudden there they are...the Rockies... Amazing!!
We spent a night in Calgary at the Calgary West Campsite almost at the bottom of the bobsled run in Olympic Park We had a very nice visit with Pauline's cousin who fed us a lovely meal and sent us on our way with homemade bread and muffins. Thank you Sylvia and Myrna!!
The next day we made our way to Glacier National Park...our first National Park destination. We were not disappointed. Our campsite was right beside a glacier creek. We actually filled our water bottles and drank right from the creek. There are a number of hikes in Glacier Park and we started right away on our way to Glacier House. It was amazing (ok, I know I have used that word before...find another one for me...)

Did I mention it was worth it???
The second day we went off on another hike this time to Marion Lake. Let me at this point suggest to you that if a hike starts off with the description "unrelenting switchbacks" take heed of the word "unrelenting". The change in elevation was 425 meters in 2.2 km. Now in back to back to back field hockey pitches that might no seem like a lot. But put them end on end one end...it means something entirely different.

Did I mention it as worth it??

Marion Lake

When we got to Marion Lake we couldn't go farther as there was too much snow to continue so we retreated...but you know going down is something harder than going up.
Oh and by the way... Lake Marion is higher than Mount Marcy...
Just sayin'...







We are camped on the Thompson River in Kamloops tonight. As we were driving into Kamloops we noticed a number of wineries in the area and once we picked our campsite we headed off to the vineyards and picked up a  umber of local wines. Sorry...I suspect there won't be many to share when we get back. But so far they are very good. Off to Tsawwassen tomorrow to take a ferry Friday morning for the island...from here to there and back to someplace next...