BC Road Trip Post #11 Monday, July 07 2014

BC Road Trip Post #11 Monday, July 07 2014

Weather:
sunny, +14C  no wind

Activity:

Up early - say good bye to Steve and Brenda. Actually, Steve leaves early for work in downtown Calgary at Talisman, so we said good -bye to him the night before.   Ate a quick fresh breakfast, and said good-bye.


Left Bragg Creek around 8 a.m.  South West winds to help us travel around the foothills and into the Rockies.  North on the hiway to the Trans - Canada HWY #1 up to Banff and further.  63116 kms on the Santa Fe.
9:00 cloud - capped towers ( that's from Shakespeare) above gigantic mountains.  I forgot how big they are!  + 22C.

West through Banff National Park, past Lake Louise, and around 11 a.m. we stopped in Field  B.C. at the roadside visitor info place.  We saw some nice examples of old fossils, and pics of many difficult road and railroad building days.  + 26C

Kicking Horse River -- super fast high rushing water.  Very swift current.

Driving up into higher altitudes, the temperature drops down to +16C.  There is snow on some mountains and it is melting quickly.  We go through Roger's Pass and mountain tunnels.  Roger's Pass Lodge is closed because of avalanche damage earlier this year.  10 mile hill - very steep and kind of scary.  Altitude:  1330 metres.  More snow on the mountains - but the temp is warming up again to +26C.

Revelstoke to Mountain Meals Cafe for lunch.  Fresh homemade bread and chicken salad.
 1:50 p.m. time change, and we're in Malakwa good hiway.

Turn S on the Hwy 97A to Kelowna.
4:05 p.m. enter Kelowna after a good day of driving excellent roads, with no construction slow-downs.

Hi to Ruth and John!   in their beautiful hillside home on Harrison Court.