Second night on the road. Port Angeles, WA. A retired Navy CPO owned this campground, which was full. He felt sorry for us and let us set up in his own back yard. Note Preston's personal box of wine by his chair
VROC Memories
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
We spent a late afternoon, evening and night in here. Beauty beyond words. We saw the gardens in different lighting situations, saw a variety show, listened to a good band, and saw the most spectacular fireworks I've ever witnessed! The only thing disappointing about the visit was...they had taken down the Stars and Stripes that used to be at the entry with flags of 4 other countries,in protest to the war. But....I'll still go back someday to see it all again. The indirect lighting at night is just beautiful.
The large guy had polished off one of these boots already, and several mixed drinks with lunch. He was there with his family, and his wife was doing a good job of keeping up with him! The waiter brought out the owner of the cafe to congratulate him I guess. This guy would have been fun around a campfire (as long as he brought his own booze!
This campground had been having bear problems. They provided these cargo nets, and it was the "law" that you had to put everything that a bear may like up in the air at night. Even toothpaste, any food at all, other toiletries, and even empty ice chests. Bears sometimes tear them open even if empty, thinking there may be goodies in them. The campground had patrols and if they found anything out, it was a $600 fine from them, then they turned you over to the Federal environmental people for other larger fines. Seemed pretty "overkill" to me, but we hoisted our stuff up anyway.
This was our camp in Kamloops. It was an RV park, but they let us set up our Kwik Kamps in one of the spaces. Good camp and nice people. I think this was one of the few places the cell phone worked. Karen was talking to one of the Foree's. There was a Jehovah's Witness convention going on this weekend, and many of them were in this camp. Families on both sides. I think they thought we were heathens at first, but they came around after Karen kept them laughing.
Our campground in Jasper. When I pulled into this place the first time, there was a large cow Elk standing the the community kitchen that's just behind where I was standing to take this picture. I tried to get to my camera, but she wandered out and into the brush. I did get a picture of her rear end, but it not worth posting. This was a real nice camp. We were a little concerned when we were planning the trip about finding campgrounds. We never had a problem, and most of them were very nice. Some a little short on facillities, but satisfactory. The couple private campgrounds we stayed in were VERY expensive, and not as nice as the Provincial ones. There are lots of Canadians, Asians, and Eurepeans in these camps. Very few Americans, and we saw no Latins.
Jasper is a big time tourist area. Within a few miles there are lots of things to do and see. We spent 2 days here, and didn't go to all the local attractions. Unlike some, I never get tired of browsing the tourist traps. K & P like it too, so we get along fine. I never buy much, if anything, I just like seeing all the "stuff".