August 2018 Holiday

Sunday August 12,

This is the first day of our mini vacation to the BC interior. We were ready, loaded up and pulling out at eight . It was a gray morning and the air was quite smoky because of the forest fires in the area. The traffic was light but there were times when we could not see the surrounding hills.

We drove for 2 hours and then stopped at Manning Park. We had a little walk around and then we went to the little café and had a coffee and shared a wonderful cinnamon bun.

We continued and around noon we were at Mariposa. There we had our lunch and went shopping for fresh fruit. We bought peaches, plums, apricots and cherries. We also picked up a gift for Pam and Frank. We want to thank them for collecting our mail and watering my plants.

The air quality was so bad at times that our eyes burned. We could smell the smoke but we could also taste it. It was almost as if the smoke was coating our teeth.

By three we were at NK'MIP campground and all set up. We used the air conditioner because it was very hot in here. Before long we were comfortable.

 The past few days were very hectic and even though this was an easy day we decided to lay down for a few minutes. Two and one half hours later was woke up. I guess we were more tired than we thought.

We decided that it was time to explore the camp ground. By now it had become cool and we actually had to get our jackets.

 This is an amazing campground. It is beautiful and clean and well planned and a pleasure to be in. The sites are level and long and clean and well laid out. There is a lake on the property. The wind was blowing so there were several waves on the lake. We were surprised by the number of and the size of the boats on the lake. Rental for boats and water tours is available.  There is a convenience store, a café and a restaurant.

 We figure there are many millions of dollars of toys parked in this campground. One site had a mid sized boat, followed by a large diesel pusher motor home, followed by a closed in box trailer, followed by a new Corvette that was transported in that box trailer. One pull through site held it all.

It is obvious that many of these sites are held by full time people. They have patios and shelters and flowers etc.

Our stroll took an hour and we returned to the rig and had supper. Then I discovered that I brought my mouse but forgot the doggle. That was not good. Trying to use my laptop without a mouse is a real challenge. I gave up trying to do anything.

It was not long before we were calling it a day… a long day but a good day.