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Oct 30,2019

Revelstoke is quiet at 7:00 in the morning.  The sun was starting to turn the white peaks around the town pink, while the valley was still in darkness.  There is something special about waking up in the mountains as the sun is rising.  The river has a light cloud of steam rising from the surface and the air is clean and brisk. There are patches of frost on the bushes that are kept in the shade in the valley. 

We walked to the Community Center.  There were a couple of energetic swimmers doing their laps.  We paid for our towels and enjoyed a hot long shower.  

It was now time for breakfast and prepare for our next leg. We decided to have our breakfast in the Modern Bakeshop and Café.  They made up a fantastic latte and breakfast sandwich.  Debbie bought a painting of two foxes painted by Zuzana Riha, a local talented artist.  It was being displayed in the café and it caught Debbie’s attention. As we were leaving the Café we spoke to a man who told us that we should walk down the street to see another unique creation made by the same artist.  It is a statue of a caribou made of everyday items from headsets, sunglasses, spatulas, computer keyboards and shin pads and many other things. It is simply eye popping!  If you visit her website you can see more of her creations.  Zuzana is a product development artist for Parks Canada.

As we headed west the highway was clear and dry, with light traffic.  There have been many improvements on the road since we last travelled it a year ago. The road has been widened and has many more passing lanes.  

We arrived in Enderby and the Armadillo factory by 11:00 and were greeted by Mike and Jason.  They were so pleased to see the trailer and inspect it to see how it fared through the +29000 kms across Canada and back.  There are some minor repairs that need to be done.  We decided that we would return it in the spring for the repairs and some upgrading and Mike agreed to return it to us when the jobs were finished.  I cannot say enough about the service that we have received from them. They listen to our concerns, explain what we need to know and reassure us that everything will be looked after.  Mike is going to tag this blog to their website.  I will also be contributing several more photos of our experiences onto their website also.  

We left Enderby at 12:30 and headed for Kamloops.  Debbie had made arrangements to meet up with Leanne, a quilting friend in Kamloops. I drove to Kieth and Evelyn‘s house to have a coffee and catch up with them  Debbie joined us a little later and it was fun to visit and talk about our trips. Keith and Evelyn have been friends with us since 1980 when they lived near us in Blue River. They had just returned from a trailering trip in Northern Alberta. We said goodbye to them around 5:30. 

We headed west again to Cache Creek.  Our friends Sonny and Connie were waiting for us there. They too are Blue River friends.  Connie had prepared a delicious chicken dinner for us and we sat up until after midnight catching up on each other’s news. They convinced us to sleep in their guest room tonight instead of in the trailer out on the street. We did and enjoyed sleeping in a bed somewhat larger than the one that we have been sleeping in for the past six and a quarter months.  We woke up several times in the night looking for each other!