Rosedale/Bridal Falls, Tomorrow Vancouver Island

August 28, 2013

Here we are at our Campground in Rosedale, BC  This is actually an RV Resort. and All that that entails - water park, pool, hot tub, sauna, etc... 

Lots of Room between sites, and we were backed up to the forest with the Bridal Falls in it.  Total for 2 nights was $116.00.  Wifi and cable are extra but were EXCELLENT!  I had NO restrictions on bandwidth, so have been able to catch up on the last week's posts when I had very limited wifi.  

Bridal Falls is just right behind this park and about a 15 minute hike up to see it - and WHAT a pleasant surprise!  Those of you from the upper North West are probably USED to seeing moss covered trees and the ferns growing but I was SO taken by the Beauty of the late afternoon sun filtering through the moss on the branches.!!

Not much to add to these pictures, as the whole Falls and woods was AMAZING!

I think I will be framing this one below when we get home!!!!!

Tomorrow we will be leaving this area, taking the Ferry over to Vancouver Island for several days.  Hoping for good wifi!!!!!  I am SPOILED now!  LOL!
Hoping for good weather tomorrow again!

Keep watching, I will try to keep POSTING! 
Till then.........................

Hell's Gate and Chilliwack

August 27, 2013

Left Cache Creek this morning, and headed on down Canada 1, with beautiful rolling hills for the beginning part of the trip, then turning into deep gorges and fast moving rivers..  Followed the rails most of the trip as well, often with a railroad on EACH side of the river!  These are all Narrow Gauge Railroads up here!

Lunch along the way - WONDERFUL SCENERY!

Then got to Hell's Gate Airtram - what a THRILL!

Went out to the viewing platform and then got our tickets and boarded.

A statue to commemorate Simon Fraser, for which this River is named.

Heading down in the tram.  Words just don't do it justice!

WAYYY down below is the train going past. Trans Canadian RR.

And here down below were some brave white water rafters! Caught in the SWIRLY!

This is the walkway that you can walk on and then climb up the steps back to the top... ummm... no... tooo many steps!!!!

At the narrowest point the depth of this river here is between 100 and 150 FEET deep..!!

2 more rafts are farther down the river.

The 2nd of the 2 gondolas ... airborne!

Can't imagine the pressure of that water.....

Center is a vertical 'hole' in the wall of the rock, and that is one of the Salmon weirs, for the spawning fish... Too much debris was jamming up this location many years ago and these were constructed, so the fish can safely get through....

Opposite side of the tram, down below - nice gift shop, lunch room, and very educational films about the tram, railroads, fishways, and the Chinese immigrants and the part they played in the construction of this beginning in the 1880's.

One of the sculptures on the dining platform .

 And of Course, the flowers!

This BEAUTIFUL carving of a Salmon is displayed outside the gift shop.

And the 3 carvings adorning the entrance to the Cafe.. Specialty of the house is Salmon Chowder! Sounded DELISH..

Poster of the 'life cycle' of the Salmon.

A photo of the gorge before the beginning of construction of the railway bridges, tunnels, etc..

This painting is the depiction of how Simon Fraser navigated the walls of the gorge...

Following 3 paintings are on the walls in the dining patio/deck.

Nice trumpet vine....... lol!

If you look RIGHT under the far end of this red platform that goes across this Fraser River Gorge, you will see a SMALL white plaque... NOTICE how far UP that plaque is?
Now see the NEXT picture!

THIS plaque is the one above... see the red arrow? That is how HIGH that the water got in May of 1948...!!!!

And this cast iron cookstove, supposedly belonged to the Chinese cook who fed hundreds of workers here during construction.

This tells the "Story" of Cookie!

Scenery the rest of the way down here to near Chilliwack for 2 nights... Wifi is FAB here, so I am FINALLY catching up on posts!!! HOORAH!!!!!!

Will be exploring more of the area here tomorrow - possibly Bridal Falls tomorrow, weather permitting...  and if I REMEMBER, I will take pix of our campsite, as well...

STAY TUNED!!!!!!