September 3, 2010
Revelstoke, B.C.
After a walk about and a photo shoot of the Columbia River at Revelstoke we’ll head east on the Trans Canada Highway with the town of Canal Flats as our goal. We’re staying at a RV resort on the Kootenay River over the Labour Day holiday. It is close to Columbia Lake where the Columbia River begins.
We’ll be without cell or WiFi, so please stay tuned. I’ll post words and pictures when I can.
We’re learning a lot about (phonetically aboot) the Canadian monetary system: The USD is par with the Canadian dollar, however most goods and services are 10% to 20% higher than in Washington State. Then there’s the 12% sales tax added to every purchase. It’s named the “Harmonized Sales Tax” HST for short, but it is not music to my wallet.
Posting from a great bakery in Revelstoke where we’re eating warmed berry cobbler with yogurt on top. There is a warm loaf of multigrain bread that we’ll take along with us for lunch. The debit machine says, “Bonjour”, and I can get a croque monsieur (the French version of a ham and cheese).
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