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Friday we decided to head back towards Glacier National Park and do a bit of exploring. We had occasional sun as we started, that turned into mostly clouds, but not quite as low as when we came through on Wednesday.

Along the Trans Canada Highway there are a number of snow sheds which are meant to provide protection from snow sliding down the mountain.

There was a small campground with a trail head where we stopped for a few pictures of some stone pillars built in 1908. Originally this was a wooden trestle bridge built in 1885 in several loops to allow the trains to climb into Rogers Pass at a reasonable grade. The stone pillars were built under the wooden trestle and then the wood was replaced with steel spans. However, eight years later, the CPR abandoned this area of the railway and the pillars were left as monuments to the skill of those who built them.

We had camped at another of the campgrounds in Glacier National Park back in 1999 when we were out with a smaller trailer and we wanted to see it again. The area is very rich and green since it receives quite a bit of rain. The campground is definitely not a place for us with this trailer! However, there was a larger trailhead here and we decided to take a hike on the “Meeting of the Waters” trail. A loop trail, it had a few unique stops along the way.

The rivers originate up high at the glaciers. The water runs fast and is cold. There were a couple of red chairs where you could sit and enjoy the view!

We finished our hike and went to the Rogers Pass stop for a few pictures and souvenirs.

After returning to the campground and having supper, we headed to the hot springs. There are two pools, one 104 F and the other cool pool about 86 F. They aren’t busy as it is mostly campers using them.

We have one more day here before we move on.

We managed to get one more bike ride in on Tuesday before we left Invermere and also made another late evening trip to Fairmont Hot Springs. The pool wasn’t quite as busy as our previous visit.

By Wednesday, we packed up and headed up north through Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park and on to Canyon Hot Springs Resort. Our day had more clouds and even bits of rain at times. The clouds were low in the mountains.

However, we managed to get set up with only a light drizzle before it started to really rain! We have a grassy site, which backs onto bush. We were also warned there is a black bear in the area so keep everything put away. We’ve now made

Our final time change and are in the Pacific time zone.

Thursday morning we got up to find a mouse in one of the traps we keep set up in the trailer. It was our first of the trip and we haven’t seen any signs otherwise, so hopefully he got caught before he got into any other food. Guess we’ll set up our ultrasonic devices under the trailer tonight. We also heard from neighbours they had a visit during the night by the bear. It attempted to get into their tonneau cover on the back of their truck where they keep their tubs of food. The bear wasn’t able to get in; it just broke a piece of plastic from the cover. I think we did better with the mouse 😉.

After breakfast, we decided to visit the town of Revelstoke since it was still a bit unsettled with rain. We had a good check in at the info centre and then decided to try a drive up to the summit of Mount Revelstoke.

Along the road up, there were a few pull offs where we stopped. We managed to get to the top without much rain, just a bit of occasional drizzle.

At the summit, there were a number of trails you could take, but between the threat of rain and the mosquitoes, we opted not to walk any of them. After driving back down, we decided to try one of the restaurants in town for supper. A visit to Emo’s turned out to be an excellent choice for homemade pasta!