Wild Women of the Columbias!

I just returned from a couple of days of women's camping/hiking in the Columbia Valley. We left Wednesday on a perfect summer day, set up camp at Blanket Creek Provincial Park and then hiked to Sutherland Falls and Begbie Falls. Begbie is a pretty impressive waterfall. Thursday, a group of us went to the top of Mt. Revelstoke and hiked into Eva Lake. The alpine flowers were wonderful - combinations of paintbrush, valerian, lupine, aster, arnica and mimulus. We did get a little wet on our return hike, but skies cleared for our second night at the campground and we had good chatty times around the campfire. Our return trip on Friday was a bit of a "women's day" - we stopped at Halcyon Hot Springs for a dip and then shopped at the thrift stores in Nakusp and New Denver. It wasn't really wild, but I still like to think of us as being somewhat adventurous in going off on a hiking/camping trip that we planned and enjoyed. Hurrah for the Columbia Valley and all it has to offer. Hurrah for the women of Kaslo!