Thursday, I did not feel 100%, so we just took it easy and lolled around the hotel and town center. Friday was much better. On my early morning walk, I passed by this electric car charging station operated by BC Hydro. It appears to require an app on your phone to use and that you must pay to use it - it was the only one I saw in town, although we are only in the old part of the city - perhaps there are more in the three suburban parts of the city.
Our first hike today was in Mount Revelstoke National Park - Inspiration Woods was a delightful walk in the woods away from any crowds. Ours was the only car when we started, and only two other cars with three hikers were there when we finished.
We did not see much in the way of wildlife, but there was what appeared to be a large female hawk who was not only watching us, but squawking loudly for an extended period of time. We guessed she was trying to make us focus on her (which we did) and not on her babies in a nearby nest.
The trail was easy to follow as we headed uphill roughly parallel to a mountain stream.
We just love hearing the sounds of the forest, including the babbling brook - this video clip gives a little bit of that.
We thoroughly enjoyed this hike, even though park staff had told us that the trails on the lower part of Mount Revelstoke were not anything special.
From there we headed over to the Nels Nelson trail (where a historic ski jump is located) and the Soren Sorenson trail - unfortunately, we could only do a part of this pleasant trail because sections were closed off due to the storm damage from Sunday's big storm (click on the link for the local paper's story on it).
The ski jump trail has some nice signage and life size sculpture.
After hiking the portion of the Soren Sorenson trail that was open, we checked out the Beaver Lodge Bike Park - a great place for kids and families to ride their bicycles safely away from any cars.
I had to take this photo for my niece Laura.
We then headed off to Revelstoke's Woodenhead Park for our picnic lunch.
We learned about the original road through the mountains that was replaced by the current Trans Canada Highway, and that original road is now submerged under Lake Revelstoke.
After lunch, we walked the local portion of the Revelstoke Rivertrail with nice views across the Columbia River.
I then drove Patty to the Revelstoke Museum and Archives where she was able to learn more about Revelstoke's history, including the many immigrant groups that settled there (only a tiny amount of info about the natives who were there for centuries) - they have a big interest in diversity on display. I went to the Revelstoke Railway Museum - our hike on the Loops Trestle Trail in Glacier Park made much more sense when learning about the history of the railroad going through the mountains to connect the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. They did have a small section on the Chinese workers who built the western part of the railroad in the 1880s, but very little info - they worked long and hard, but were not treated well, much the same as was done in America.
Our day ended with a very nice dinner at the new Quartermaster restaurant in the new Explorers Society Hotel - shared plate of fried calamari to start, mussels in bacon sauce for Patty and borscht and pulled chicken salad for me. Patty had cardomom gin and tonic and I had a witbier from Quebec City that was on tap - an excellent place and manner to end our week in Revelstoke.
Our first hike today was in Mount Revelstoke National Park - Inspiration Woods was a delightful walk in the woods away from any crowds. Ours was the only car when we started, and only two other cars with three hikers were there when we finished.
We did not see much in the way of wildlife, but there was what appeared to be a large female hawk who was not only watching us, but squawking loudly for an extended period of time. We guessed she was trying to make us focus on her (which we did) and not on her babies in a nearby nest.
The trail was easy to follow as we headed uphill roughly parallel to a mountain stream.
We just love hearing the sounds of the forest, including the babbling brook - this video clip gives a little bit of that.
We thoroughly enjoyed this hike, even though park staff had told us that the trails on the lower part of Mount Revelstoke were not anything special.
From there we headed over to the Nels Nelson trail (where a historic ski jump is located) and the Soren Sorenson trail - unfortunately, we could only do a part of this pleasant trail because sections were closed off due to the storm damage from Sunday's big storm (click on the link for the local paper's story on it).
The ski jump trail has some nice signage and life size sculpture.
After hiking the portion of the Soren Sorenson trail that was open, we checked out the Beaver Lodge Bike Park - a great place for kids and families to ride their bicycles safely away from any cars.
I had to take this photo for my niece Laura.
We then headed off to Revelstoke's Woodenhead Park for our picnic lunch.
We learned about the original road through the mountains that was replaced by the current Trans Canada Highway, and that original road is now submerged under Lake Revelstoke.
After lunch, we walked the local portion of the Revelstoke Rivertrail with nice views across the Columbia River.
I then drove Patty to the Revelstoke Museum and Archives where she was able to learn more about Revelstoke's history, including the many immigrant groups that settled there (only a tiny amount of info about the natives who were there for centuries) - they have a big interest in diversity on display. I went to the Revelstoke Railway Museum - our hike on the Loops Trestle Trail in Glacier Park made much more sense when learning about the history of the railroad going through the mountains to connect the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. They did have a small section on the Chinese workers who built the western part of the railroad in the 1880s, but very little info - they worked long and hard, but were not treated well, much the same as was done in America.
Our day ended with a very nice dinner at the new Quartermaster restaurant in the new Explorers Society Hotel - shared plate of fried calamari to start, mussels in bacon sauce for Patty and borscht and pulled chicken salad for me. Patty had cardomom gin and tonic and I had a witbier from Quebec City that was on tap - an excellent place and manner to end our week in Revelstoke.
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