48 Hour Holiday

Earlier in June, we took another mini vacation, heading north to Revelstoke.  We love to take advantage of the cheap Seniors rates in the provincial parks and the weather was pretty darn good.  We spent one night at Blanket Creek Provincial Park where there is plenty of good walking (all flat) and the location is well off the highway.  The next day we checked out Begbie Falls and went in via the "climber's route".  I was somewhat amused to get 10 minutes from the falls when we encountered a GOOD gravel road into a BC Rec Site that was 10 minutes from the falls.  We got a good 90 minutes of hiking with some up and down hill work.  It was nice to be able to hear the river all the way!  

We then went to Revelstoke for lunch where I, ironically, could not buy a Begbie Kolsch at the pub (Begbie is the local craft brewery), but I enjoyed lunch all the same.  The skies had cleared completely by afternoon and we really enjoyed riding the Illecillewaet River trails and found all sort of good biking, both paved and unpaved.  The trails were in excellent shape.  By good biking, I mean flat and relatively straight.  Then it was off to Martha Creek to spend the night in a newly renovated campground.   The following morning we checked out the Revelstoke Dam, built in the early 1980s.  It has room for expansion!   We returned to Kaslo via Highway 31, always an exciting drive, mostly on gravel and largely in wilderness.   It makes for a great loop route in the beautiful province of British Columbia.  

Sunflower Sisters

 

This is the latest "coffee place" in Kaslo.  I wrote about going out for coffee last year and it was at this exact place in its previous incarnation.  This year, a couple of young Quebecoise women are running it (they are identical twins) and it has had a good upgrade,  to my mind.  The owners are providing coffee cups, plates, cutlery that are recycled from thrift stores or relatives and it gives it a good "green" vibe.  They are offering small quiches, pastries, muffins along with a variety of drinks - want to try a "beet latte"?   There are now more tables outside and it's been a popular place to stop.  My biggest concern is the location at the junction of Highway 3A and the main drag of Kaslo.  The motorcycles that go past that corner are alarming and annoying.  I frequently work at the community garden across the street and I know about the noise.  Not conducive to conversation.

BTW, I didn't become a coffee drinker in 2024.  It's a social thing to do and I like it.  I don't have time for it and after my winter diagnosis of further arrthymias I've basically cut caffeine out of my life.  But I think I'm okay for a beet latte!