August 6-12, 2013 – Agassiz, BC
We left Revelstoke on Tuesday morning and followed the TransCanada Highway through Kamloops and Cache Creek. The highway turns south at Cache Creek and follows the Thompson River to the Fraser River and then follows the Fraser River all the way into Vancouver. The drive was beautiful and the scenery changed a lot as the climate was a lot drier around Kamloops and Cache Creek and then started getting greener again as we headed south. We stopped at Boston Bar along the Fraser River and spent the night at Canyon Alpine RV – a very nice campground across the highway from the river. Wednesday morning we headed down the Fraser River and stopped at Hell’s Gate and rode the airtram. The Hell’s Gate Airtram is the steepest non-supported tram in North America that descends across the Fraser Canyon. The view from the tram was gorgeous. Hell’s Gate is the deepest and narrowest section on the Fraser River. It is 110 ft wide with...