Day:13 Canal Flats to Radium

June 22nd
Distance: 61km
What a great day! This morning we got up and got ready at the hostel/campground in Canal Flats. We woke up to the sound of logging trucks since it is a mill town. Getting up was difficult as we are still trying to get used to the time change. Being on the western side of the time zone, the mornings are darker then we are used to. The ride today was pretty easy with only a few small hills to climb.



Stopping in Fairmont for a snack and a cinnamon bun, we enjoyed some nice weather. However, nice weather was not in the forecast. We outran a storm cloud outside of Windermere only to be rained on as we left Invermere.



We arrived on Radium nice and early and ready to soak our tired muscles in the hot springs. After setting up camp and dropping everything but our bathing suits, we were ready to go. However, we still had climbs to do and a preview for tomorrow as we climbed the hill out of the campsite (why put a campsite in a canyon) and up the 11% hill to the hot springs. A quick ice cream break and we hit the hot springs. They were so nice!

There was a warm pool which was huge, a small hot pool of unfiltered hot spring water and a cool pool (definitely not a cold pool at all, warmer then the swimming pools in Coquitlam). It was a challenge to get out of the water but 2 hours later we managed to do it.



While in the grocery store getting food for the next two days, the rain reappeared. However, Kootney rains are short and by the time we got back to camp, it had stopped and we got to see the most brilliantly bright rainbow I've ever seen!!! Not only did the rain stop but we managed to get a campfire going and even had s'mores! Yum.


We are nearing the end of the BC leg of our trip and are heading towards Alberta. Beef country here we come!


AM