We took our time heading for Penticton and stopped at Revelstoke for the night. Revelstoke is located in the Mt. Revelstoke National Park and has some history associated with it along with some great scenery in the Rockies.

We had some heavy intermittent rain during the drive over the Rogers Pass so we did not have the most scenic of trips. Upon our arrival at Revelstoke it was heavily overcast so instead of driving up to the "Meadow in the Sky" to view the surrounding area we walked into the village to look around and get some dinner.

Revelstoke appeared to be full of Australians – waitress at dinner, waitress at breakfast (at the motel) and the person we shared our breakfast table with at the motel – he would eventually be heading to Florida after having a bit of a look around BC and Alberta.

The next morning was still not clear enough to go to “Meadow in the Sky” so we thought we would head up to the Revelstoke Canyon Dam. This proved to be more interesting than expected. There is an excellent visitor centre at the dam and we were lucky to get through it just before a school group arrived. The Reservoir behind the dam is 130 km long and goes upstream to the Mica dam, a flood control dam. The Revelstoke Dam is also one of many hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River which flows through Canada and into the USA before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The Columbia River Treaty exists between Canada and USA for purposes of flood control.

There were other places of interest we could have visited but we had started the day late and needed to get to Penticton by 5pm. For railway enthusiasts there is a good museum which shows the building of the railway through the Rocky Mountains. Revelstoke is where the last spike for the cross Canada Canadian Pacific Railway was driven in. There is also an annual festival in August.

The drive to Penticton was enjoyable as much of it is alongside lakes where there is plenty of good fishing, swimming, water skiing and house boating.