Revelstoke, British Columbia

Saturday, August 10, was a traveling day, we had driven 150 miles to our next stop, Canyon Hot Springs Resort, and lost another hour, so we are now 3 hours behind home. The campground has two swimming pools that are hot springs with minerals in them with two different temperatures. After arriving we just sat around to talked, got dinner ready, and then a storm popped up. Lightening struck up in the mountain and started a forest fire, we could see the smoke from our campground.

Sunday, August 11, they had planned a waffle breakfast for 8:30, but we were done serving before that time. We had waffles, bacon, sausage, blueberries, and syrup, really good breakfast.





The fire is still going on, but the smoke seems to be staying up higher than we are, they say that there is two fires. If it gets too smokiest here, we are planning on leaving and meeting everyone else at the next stop.


Helicopter with water in bucket

We sat around again and talked, before leaving early afternoon for the town of Revelstokes. The town was very busy, they were having a bike fest, we just drove around and got fuel before heading back. On the way back, we stopped at Skunk Cabbage trail, walked the boardwalk, didn't see much but a stream, the river and skunk cabbage, which is different looking than what we have at home.


Boardwalk


Skunk cabbage

We then had a relaxing afternoon, went to the office, gift shop and looked at the pools, which some of our group was in. Back to trailer, made dinner, and relaxed some more.

Monday, August 11, we all went into town, split into two groups, one group went to the Revelstoke Railway Museum and the other went to The Nickelodeon Museum. We went to the Railway Museum first, the museum presents the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Columbia Mountains, as well as the role the railway, and it's workers, have played in building Canada as a nation. A large collection of artifacts, historical photographs, artwork and full-sized rolling stock are displayed, including a steam locomotive built for mountain work. Housed in a contemporary facility built to resemble a rail yard back shop with a stylized version of a water tower, the museum is significant, visual landmark on Track Street at Victoria Road in downtown Revelstock.


Steam engine in museum


Train engineer


Top of steam train


Engineers watch


Snow plow

After lunch, we had walked to The Nickelodeon Museum, where we had a one hour guided demonstration tour of the mechanical musical instruments, encompassing Victorian musical boxes, player pianos, player reed and pipe organs. We had watched and listened as a Belgian dance organ, 18th century domestic barrel organs, jukeboxes, phonographs, musical clocks and magic lanterns of yesteryear come to life in front of our eyes.


Church pipe organs with a music barrel underneath


Ken turning and playing an old pipe organ, playing notes on folded paper


Musical chair, seat was the musical part


Roller that played the paper rolls


Played accordion, sax, and drums


Mills Violano Virtuoso, plays violin and piano

The people that own this museum are from England and brought most of this stuff with them when they moved here. They are also looking for a buyer, they are both getting older and would like to sell out or move it to Victoria. The tour was very interesting and everyone really enjoyed it.

After returning back to camp, the helicopters were really busy with getting water from a lake behind the campground and dumping it on the forest fire, we really can't see or smell it, but it must be close by. Later on, they where landing on the property next to the campground and refueling and leaving again, they have seemed to stop for the night about 8 pm.


Helicopter taking off after refueling


Helicopter taking off with water bucket

We then had a drivers meeting, getting ready to move again.



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