A Beautiful 320 mile Drive Surrounded By Mountains

Valemount to Revelstoke, BC – A Beautiful 320 mile Drive Surrounded By Mountains

September 4, 2013

OK, the mountains were all around us but we were driving on the valley floor along the North Thompson River and got great gas mileage. One interesting spot was around Barriere. We saw a number of fields with raised bed (6-8”) growing areas covered by what looked like landscape cloth suspended overhead shading the ground. We stopped at a local fresh fruit and vegetable stand to re-stock. There was also a major fire in this area that totally incinerated everything. As we found out it happened 10 years ago and stuff is just beginning to regrow.



Glacier south of Valemount

Burn area around Barriere

 

We just skirted the edge of Kamloops which is a pretty big town/city. That area is hot and dry in summer and look like typical California countryside in summer. As we headed to Revelstoke the mountains became bigger again and it looks a lot like Stewart with forests, big mountains, glacial rivers, lakes, and glaciers.We also found the spot (Craigellachie, BC) where the "Golden Spike was driven connecting east and west in Canada. Keeping with family railroad customs we stopped. It was worth it and it even had a very interesting gift shop for train buffs...Sue and Cathy take note. Little Walter will like that we stopped here. Revelstoke is definitely a Winter sports mecca and is the site of the first ski jump in North America.

 

Oh yeah, what were they growing? Ginseng! It likes heat but cannot tolerate direct sunlight! My guess was strawberries.