Road Trippin - Part 1 - Snow, snow and more snow.....

Tuesday March 12th 

After waking to a 10cm dump of snow it took all my powers of persuasion to convince Brendan that we should begin our road trip into the Rocky Mountains.  I had to make sure that he did not log on to Big White's website to check out how much snow the mountain had had overnight.  Battering my eyelids didn't hurt either.

The first part of our journey took us north through some fairly heavy snowfall and blustery winds to Revelstoke.   Unlike three semi-trailers whose drivers drove their trucks off the slick icy highway we arrived safely.  It was a good reminder to take things slowly in conditions that were less than favourable.  Although there was much fog and snow hampering the view, it was not hard to tell that the area was beautiful with rugged mountains on one side falling away to lakes and rivers on the other. 

Our chauffeur - looking happy and relaxed for the first part of the journey.  He did really well navigating us through some nasty road conditions. 

No way I'm getting out to photograph the roads - hence the fuzzy pic.
It was taken through the windscreen which has been scratched from dodgy windscreen wipers.

Not sure what the outcome of this accident was.
This was one of three that we saw on the short journey from Revelstoke to Golden.

 At Revelstoke we ate lunch at a funky little spot called the Nomad Cafe and ate delicious, freshly made burgers.  The Aussie burger that Brendan ordered even had beetroot and pineapple on it!!! Beetroot on a burger is basically unheard of in Canada. Canada - you don't know what you are missing.

With snow still falling heavily we made our way slowly and carefully through Glacier National Park into Golden.  Here we travelled forward in time one hour as once you pass the great divide in an easterly direction the time zone becomes mountain time.  A short drive on from Golden we entered Yoho National Park and got our first glimpse of the magnificent, grand, spectacularly beautiful Rocky Mountains.  They were shrouded in a blanket of heavy white snow with a thin veil of fog covering their peaks.

Finally after a long 9 hour drive from Kelowna we arrived at Lake Louise.  Here we stayed at Deer Lodge  a lovely historic hotel a short drive from Lake Louise itself.   And yes it was still snowing.  And yes Brendan was still longing to snowboard!!!