'Off Grid' north of Kaslo

Kootenay Lake Prov Pk
Site #10 - $21 n/s, poor cell, some along lake

It was quite a drive from New Denver to Kaslo. We had forgotten how much of a climb and how winding that highway is. But oh so pretty. One wouldn't expect to see bicyclers on this difficult stretch. But we did! Some not so young.

We continued north from Kaslo to Davis Creek Campground in Kootenay Prov Pk. It was worth the drive. We really enjoyed our quiet stay. Davis Creek is a fairly secluded, 'off grid' (no cell) campground. With oh so beautiful views!!



We had a very private site at the far end of the campground overlooking Lake. Three nights worth of awesome! We seriously contemplated staying longer. As Ron said, it spoiled us for other camping spots. I did miss having cell service, although I got a couple flash connections throughout our stay so we did know what was going on in the world. My only complaint was ANTS! I will not miss the ants.  We were continually brushing them from crawling up our legs. ugh!

There were never more than 3 or 4 of us including the host, a single retired army veteran. And there was a young family from Ft McMurray. He had broken his back in a quading accident and is now in a wheelchair and on permanent disability. Ron got in some good visiting.

We rode about the campground and truly enjoyed the quiet and the gorgeous views. The big entertainment was watching the huge logs floating by. Out and back in . . . lol







We went for one drive further up the lake to Duncan Dam. The pics below were taken from the lookout on top of the dam.



There are some interesting little communities and homesteads along the way. Not surprising as Kaslo area does have a bit of a reputation for pot and hippies!  We stopped at a local general store for some ice cream treats.

We saw another bear eating garbage in the ditch just out of our campground.  The warnings were posted in the campground. And this little guy crawled out of our wood pile one evening. He may have been a local, but we wondered if we brought him from Jeff's woodpile in Vernon??

Anyway, good things come to an end and sometimes one needs to re-charge the batteries, empty the RV holding tanks and do a little laundry, so we moved on. A whole 45 km south to Woodbury Creek Resort at Ainsworth Hot Springs.

NOTE: There is a link to more photos in the Trip Pics section to left of this blog.