21st May 2025

Today we left Whistler leaving behind the millions of marmots. I did take some photographs of them, plus some of a duck flying overhead, to show that there are some birds in Canada.  Not many though.  We headed off to the dump station and dumped our fould water tanks contents. Then into town to fill up with some petrol. Apparently, it is much cheaper here in Alberta than in BC, where extra tax is loaded on.

Headed west to BC, stopping at a few sites on route. We missed stopping at the border, and the time changed by an hour.  Thankfully, our phones corrected themselves, but my camera does not, needing a manual adjustment.

We stopped at the eastern end of Moose Lake to take some photographs, A chap passed me a camera to take a photo of himself & his mate, asking if I knew how to use it.  It was a film camera! We also met a couple, in a saloon car, who were driving from Ottawa.

Next stop was a café, where we could view Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Some coffee and a cake.

We stopped at some rapids on the Fraser River. This apparently is the highest point where Salmon come inland on this river. It is 500 miles from the coast. The rapids are used by rafters and kayakers, as was demonstrated to us. R met a man who was carrying a (fully harnessed) tabby cat, down to the river. Cat did not seem happy. Was it our presence or all the noise from the water?

Our route followed the train track from Hinton, through Jasper, to Kamloops. I suppose geography dictates this.

We stopped at a grocery shop in Valemount. Picked up gin in the liquor store, but this one didn’t sell mixers, so it was back to the grocery to buy tonic. (Next door.)

Campsite, Canoe River Campground, was a couple of miles down the road.  A very large, wooded ground but spread out. Nice spot. Lit up the log fire.  Burgers and asparagus for supper, with several canned ales.

Not many toilets on the site. The men’s loo was being rebuilt.  The river runs along one edge of the campsite.  They seem to be trying to reclaim some of the land back from the river.