We got the 5th wheel hooked up and after making a stop at the sani-dump, were on our way towards Balfour and the longest free ferry ride in the world. When we got in line, we were told that we may not make the ferry that was just loading. Of course, we didn’t...we were just too long but that’s okay, we will wait 40 minutes for the next ferry...it was also a bigger ferry. We walked up to the bakery for a coffee and snack.
We're the first ones to be loaded onto the ferry...
The crossing took 35 minutes and the ride was just beautiful. Steve took lots of pictures...
This is The Duck & Dock Pub that we were at the other day...
As we arrive at Kootenay Bay...
We decided to go to Cedar Grove Campground...it was the only one that sounded like it might work for us. But after pulling into the driveway and taking a look...there was no way that we would be able to get in...mainly because of the tree limbs overhanging the roads. Besides, they only had availability for a couple of nights...they were fully booked for the long weekend that was coming up. We managed to back out onto the highway while a couple of ladies from the campground went down to watch for traffic on a curve in the road...apparently people just come speeding around that corner and they were concerned...thank-you, ladies!
Our next stop was at Lockhart Beach Provincial Park. This is a small campground...18 sites and didn’t expect to be able to fit into any of the sites but we thought we would take a look anyway. After managing to back into a spot in the day-use parking lot beside the highway, we walked in to be greeted by a very friendly park maintenance fellow. He said site 8 would work for us. There was also a private campground just across the street that Steve thought he would take a look at. So while he walked over there, I stayed in site 8 to hold it just in case someone came along and decided to take it.
Well, the campground next door had one beautiful spot left along the waterfront with no services and could be too tight for us to get into. They had more sites across the highway...some with services but the road was badly overgrown. We decided on the provincial site but as Steve went to get the truck and trailer, he found many of the tree limbs at the entranceway were too low...sheesh...some of these parks really need to get a tree service to trim their trees!At this point we decided to just carry on to Creston for the night and then continue onto Moyie Lake Provincial Park. It is about 20 kms outside of Cranbrook and being a fairly large park, we are hoping that we will be able to get a spot.
We stopped at a viewpoint...
We pulled into Pair-a-dice RV Resort & Campground at around 2:30...which we realized later, was actually 3:30 since we had gone through a time change. We have lost an hour today. After being assigned site #20, the lady from the office came running down when she realized that we might have problems due to the size of our truck...there were tree branches in the way. She told us to take #22 instead so Steve manoeuvred into the large pull-through. We have full hook-ups (the first time in over a month...since we left Oliver) and Wi-Fi...YAY!
While we were getting set up, it got quite windy out and then we started hearing the rumbles of thunder in the distance...a big storm was on its way!
After dinner is when the storm really hit...rain, wind and lots of lightning followed by thunder. Glad we washed the truck! Then the power went out...no power, no cable...and no internet...sheesh! I had been busy updating our blog so I thought I would try the Rogers Stick...and it worked great. Ahhh...it is so nice to have service again! The power wasn’t really off long and before we knew it, all was working again.
I am working feverishly tonight trying to get the blog totally up-to-date because who knows what tomorrow will bring...probably back to limited service as we head to a Provincial Park. One thing we have noted with the time change is that it is now light out until after 10:00!
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