Driver of the Year Award

The Kootenay Rockies

I nominate Jim Riha for the driver of the year award.  It was an unbelievably beautiful drive up from Cranbrook to Lake Louise Campground.  We drove on the Canada 93/95 Highway and into the Kootenay Rockies and then we drove through the Kootenay National Park.  The mountains were all around us and beautiful pines were everywhere.  It is still a little smoky from the many Canadian forest fires, but this picture sort of shows you what it looked like from the motor home.

When we finally arrived at Lake Louise that's when the fun began.  Of course we have no Google and who knows how far 450 kilometers left and 850 kilometers right we went while trying to follow the written instructions, but we somehow missed the turn off to the campground.  Jim was driving up this other road and Kathe noticed that it said not recommended for trailers and campers. Oh no! We drove a little further and stopped at a little motel. Kathe jumped out and asked for directions and also asked where the heck we could turn the motor home (and tow car) around.  The only alternative was the Fairmont Hotel Bus Parking Lot.  There were thousands of cars and people everywhere. Jim made it around the loop with only inches to spare and we headed back down to the right turnoff and to our campground.  Best driver in the World!!!

The view site #122

Now we are in our site and we are not going anywhere else today!  It's a really nice quiet campground but there are more people out on the roads than I ever saw at any US Park.  I wonder where they all are staying, because there are not that many campsites.

We are in the Hard Side campground, which means all metal rigs.  I'm glad because there are BEARS here.  If we were camping in a tent we would have to be in an area enclosed by an electric fence, and that might shock me when I start exploring.

I hope not to see a bear, a but few chipmunks would make my day!