What a shame to leave such a lovely accommodation and view this morning. With hindsight we should have grabbed something we could have eaten on the patio this morning for breakfast! Nevermind, I spent a while sat enjoying the view while having a quick chat with Mum.
We packed the car up and headed out about 10 o'clock. We had breakfast as A&W, similar to Tim Hortons/McD.
We were going to use the local car wash this morning but first spotted a Walmart so went for a quick wander. Then we headed across the road to the Sonic car wash! Whoop whoop, holiday vibes!! Seriously the car was dirty inside and out, our shoes had brought in a lot of grits and stones over the last couple of weeks and the front of the car was covered in bug splats. The self clean garage had 10bspots to pull into with a jet sprayer(with options for pre soak, rinse or clear coat), a foam brush and a wheel brush. After struggling to get the machine to accept any of our payment cards Keith ended up at the cashier desk inside to pay.
Once clean on the outside we moved outside to one of the many covered vacuum areas, each with two hoses (one for each side of the car), and we set about cleaning up the carpets. Such a great efficient operation!
We got on the road. Our audio tour didn't cover the first part of our trip today. We were surprised by the often changing scenery. We drove up high mountains to over 5500ft and down again to rivers, passed dry slopes, that reminded us of California, to lush pine covered slopes and snow capped mountains, to farms for both livestock and arable. It really was a varied landscape.
Once we got to Merritt we rejoined the audio tour and decided to follow his suggestion to stop at the small town of Hope to visit a recommended cafe, the Blue Moose, and to see the wood carvings by the green. We also made note to visit a waterfall tomorrow morning not far from our overnight stop. We ordered a couple of pasties and a coffee each sitting in the cool of the cafe. The temperature this afternoon had hit 30 degrees which we hadn't really noticed in the air conditioned car but soon did when we got out.
We arrived at Harrison Hot Springs at about 4pm. Unfortunately I hadn't received any access confirmation for our accommodation but after a couple of quick phone calls to the owner we had the necessary information and let ourselves in. Another beautiful location right on the lake. After settling in we drove back to the town where I had booked a dinner reservation at the only real restaurant in town, Black Forest Steak and Schnitzel, obviously serving German food!
We parked the car on the front and walked the short distance to the restaurant. The sun was still shining to give a lovely warm evening. We chose to sit outside and had a lovely meal of schnitzel with potatoes and veg, which we followed by sharing a black forest cake. All very yummy.
We walked back along the beach area to the car and returned to our accommodation. Whilst at dinner we had received notification to book in for our return flights home tomorrow. Very sad. we packed our cases then sat on the balcony enjoying the last of the wine from yesterday.
Keith step count today 6500. We are winding down!
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