Sandy pumping. She has to hold down a switch locatednear her door jamb in order for the pump to work.
A safety feature, I guess. My way is simpler.
Judy dumping. Look Ma, no hands needed!
Bye!Friday, July 17
It is somehow appropriate that our last activity together would be dumping our Roadtreks. Sandy’s Trek is one year newer than mine and has an “improved” system where she pumps out her gray and black tanks through a small hose. I have to depend on gravity to dump my tanks. What we have found is that I am able to dump in much less time and in some ways, less effort.
So… we dumped and then hugged goodbye.
We have had a great time and figure that there are likely to be some withdrawal problems since we have been together for nearly two months. As soon as we hit the USA we can alleviate the withdrawal on the phone. We are in the habit to talking on the walkie-talkies as we drive and, sure enough, Sandy was no sooner out of sight that I thought of something to tell her but… now both walkie-talkies are with her.
Bye-bye, friend!
Now it’s on to Glacier National Park and then to Penticton, British Columbia to see friends Sid and Shirley.
LAKE LOUISE TO GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
Kicking Horse Canyon
This is one heck of a drive…beautiful and somewhat scary. I came away very impressed with the Canadian engineers and Canada’s road building skills. The roads are carved into the sides of very steep mountains.
On the way up there was a pull-off that I did not take to a lookout called The Spiral Tunnels in Yoho National Park. There were a lot of people looking and I found out at the entry to Glacier that it was a method of gaining altitude for the trains when they first built the railroad through these mountains in the 1880’s. The Rogers Pass Discovery Centre, named for Mr. Rogers who discovered the pass for the railroad companies, is full of history and explanations about the surrounding area and well worth a stop. The campgrounds in the park were full but I was told about a picnic area where I could overnight near a rushing river. I made some waldorf salad and had leftover baby back ribs for dinner. Perfect!...but I missed Sandy and dominos.
Kicking Horse Canyon
This is one heck of a drive…beautiful and somewhat scary. I came away very impressed with the Canadian engineers and Canada’s road building skills. The roads are carved into the sides of very steep mountains.
On the way up there was a pull-off that I did not take to a lookout called The Spiral Tunnels in Yoho National Park. There were a lot of people looking and I found out at the entry to Glacier that it was a method of gaining altitude for the trains when they first built the railroad through these mountains in the 1880’s. The Rogers Pass Discovery Centre, named for Mr. Rogers who discovered the pass for the railroad companies, is full of history and explanations about the surrounding area and well worth a stop. The campgrounds in the park were full but I was told about a picnic area where I could overnight near a rushing river. I made some waldorf salad and had leftover baby back ribs for dinner. Perfect!...but I missed Sandy and dominos.
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