We were up bright and early (well, I was, Christine not so much, at least until coffee was proffered. We'd packed mostly the night before, so we pretty much just up and left.
Stopping briefly at Safeway for a few supplies (like GPS batteries), we hit the road for real!
Soon we were outside of the city and on our way to the first stop, 'Hope'. Nothing more than a pitstop though, lunchtime at subway. After receiving some fairly bogus advice from a fellow driver, we were on the road again - on the wrong side of the road!
Yes, it was my turn to drive now, and while it was weird at first, I quickly remembered the little tricks. Like driving on the right. And checking what's coming when you do a left turn.
The next stop - our first real tourist stop - was Hell's Gate. After getting a really ordinary park (hey, my first park in Canada) and walking a couple of hundred yards we were at the entrance. The ride down to Hell's Gate in the airtram gave us a nice view of the rather scary swirling waters below.
At the bottom you can walk around and check out various historical displays. We grabbed a cup of coffee, which we didn't even end up getting charged for (the waitress was impressed we were willing to share our table since it was so busy).
There is a special bypass for the Salmon heading back upstream. After a rockslide caused during the building of the railway, the salmon could no longer get past the vortex, and their numbers starting dropping dramatically. So a little cheat route was added for them :-)
Pressed for time, we airtrammed back up to the top and took off.
A few more hours later we were at Christines Uncle Earl's place in Salmon's Arm. A little overwhelming with lots of family I didn't know. We sat down for dinner (just us, we were a little late and missed the main event).
With the sun going down we we followed Uncle Dave back to his place nearby, where we were spending the night. Sleep time - a big day on the road.
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