So, we arrived at St Ives laden with fruit, ice-cream (you have NEVER in your life tasted such delicious ice-cream as produced by the D Dutchman Dairy in Sicamous!!!! ), coffees, breads, etc. In fact, Graeme needed to use the yellow guests' wheelbarrow in which to load our grocery stock because the box was too heavy and full to be carried up to our unit. We have been graced with unit #1…right in the corner with only a little glimpse of the lake. This has not...

YWCA Hotel was a very comfortable establishment and I would recommend it to any traveller in that region. I was bunked with one young girl in my dorm, but Graeme was bunked with 4 young men from various parts of the world. So, knowing what goes down in these places (thanks to previous travelling experiences) he put in his silicone earplugs and took ½ a sleeping tablet. At 4h30 he found himself being shaken vigorously by a young French tourist. He thought it w...

So, the smoke took a while to lift so in order to get any sightseeing in we had to escape back to the Kootenay Park, which is what we did. We paid a visit to Dog lake. This was a 2 and half km hike through glorious woods again until we reached a stunning green watered lake which houses trout. A number of folk were also on this hike and most of them walking their dogs. It may be interesting to note that in most places in Canada that we have encountered, dogs a...

So…from Beauty Creek we started our journey southwards and stopped to venture forth and pop in to see the Saskatchewan glacier and river. This meant a walk up the Parker trail. It was only a 2 and half kilometre trail so I jumped to it…..only to find that it was 2 and half kilometres of straight upwards with a couple of level sections very kindly dotted in by the makers of the trail. Smoke also dulled some very awesome mountain scenery and also unfortunate...

We woke after an eventful evening of a Korean Party of 4 joining our dorm at 11pm, all wearing the inevitable head-torches that are very indiscriminate of where their light lands upon each turning of the head J After we breakfasted, we made our way back to the spot where we had organised the car since there was a really beautiful and appealing hike past 3 lakes to reach the 4th called Jacques Lake. My husband informed me that it was a 12 ½ km walk with only ab...