Tour BC 2007 - Day 12

Day 12 - July 24



True to my conditioning, I woke up a little after 6. I decided to get
up and break camp after breakfast.

I drove into Kelowna and stocked up on groceries. I found a rye bread
in the "foreign foods" section, and some white cheddar fromage - my
favorite. I also got some coffee because I'm using more now that I'm
making it cowboy style. Then I started driving toward Revelstoke, stopping
at the dairy in Sicamous for ice cream and a bathroom break. (I
remembered the way to the dairy without having to look at my bicycle map.)

I arrived in Revelstoke just after noon. I had planned to stay at a
park to the north, but when driving along the road something told me to
turn around and go south. So I did that, and here I am at Blanket Creek
Provincial Park. These sites are at least as big as Bear Creek, but
they do not have all the amenities.

The sites are $14/night. Some of the bathrooms have flush toilets and
a sink in them; others have pit toilets. There is a nice man-made
lagoon for swimming. They say it is warm. Might be for someone else, not
me. I walked over to the lagoon, around it, and back to the campsite.
Felt good.

The lagoon flows into Upper Arrow Lake, part of the damming of the
Columbia. This campground is far enough off the highway that it is very
quiet. The only downside is that it is in bear country, so everything
needs to be locked up in containers in the car (no food in tent) -and that
includes toothpaste, clothes you wore when you were eating, etc.

Tomorrow: pack up and get down to the ferry. Last week the average
wait for cars was 2.5 hours. I have a book to read. I would like to stay
somewhere near Nakusp. I got to this campground around 1:30 and there
were some sites left. I would venture to guess that it's full now at 6
PM, and this is a Tuesday.

Nikii who is somewhere in British Columbia