At the end of a fabulous bike ride, Bob, Derek and I walked the 4-mile round trip to enjoy the hot springs here in Radium Hot Springs. We got a bighorn bonus! There were 10 of them relaxing off the parking lot. From the hot springs pool, Derek later saw two traversing the cliff above us. COOL!
The hot springs itself was nice because the water was so warm and soothing. Here's a photo of it - basically a large swimming pool hot tub. We saw historical photos of it when it looked more like how you would imagine a hot springs, but the province in 1967 had them "sanitize" it - literally with chlorine, and figuratively with all the modern appearance and safety features.
A rushing river flowed right under the hot springs complex, then off to the side of the road, under the road, and out in a spectacular waterfall that drops to where our campground is. The river runs right next to our RV!
Our campsite is truly beautiful, deep in a valley full of trees, the rushing river, and views high above of the mountains. Check it out:
We had a great day for cycling - warm weather, tailwinds, gradual ups and downs, and totally beautiful mountain-range scenery on both sides of valley. Here's a map to show you our route so far in Canada, and the days ahead in Banff and Jasper National Parks. The circle at the bottom is Fortine in Montana. The first circle in BC is last night in Fort Steele. Tonight we are just beyond the third circle (I mistakenly circled the wrong city), and you can see how tomorrow we will climb into the Rockies, over the Continental Divide, and reach Banff.
Now I will let the photos do the talking:
That's Bob cruising along in our incredible scenery.
"The road ahead" in our incredible scenery, with Rick spinning the pedals in front.
This is our incredible-scenery lunch stop. Isn't it amazing?
This is Bert and Ken overlooking Columbia Lake, the source of the Columbia River. It's created by a spring, and flows north and then west and then south to the border of Oregon and Washington, then west to the ocean.
Overlooking more amazing scenery on the descent into Radium Hot Springs.
Bob and Bert looking at the road instead of the spectacular scenery.
Here I am with Chief Skookumchuck, earlier in the day when it was still crisp outside and we were wearing our jackets.
Even when nature calls, there's spectacular scenery. Poor Derek... In case you're wondering, no mosquito problems yet. Only a few, but our days will come!
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