Pair-A-Dice RV Park Creston, BC, Canada June 24-26, 2005 Site 25
very nice, well- kept campground right in creston, population of about 5,000...wireless internet only $2/day (which is better than the $5 or $9.95 a day that has been available where we've been thus far)...cable, phone, 50 amps, 24 hour laundry and FREE firewood for campfires...crossing into the canadian border from nighthawk which is in the middle of nowhere and is only open 9am to 5 pm!...you immediately see the sense of pride bc canadians have no matter their financial stature with their use of flowers to enhance their properties...friendliness abounds (spent last nite around the campfire with two couples from calgary)...the view from above osoyoos and castlegar are grandiose to say the least...oliver, bc
has 40 wineries within 20 minutes...i really like how the canadians have standard bed and breakfast, as well as, artisan road signs on the highways pointing the way...kootenay pass has really fantastic scenery (all 5,407 feet in elevation)...north of creston is a burg called boswell on kootenay lake in which there is a house of glass...we, however, did not tour this attraction made of over 1/2 million discarded embalming fluid bottles, hehehe...most memorable experience:
walking the dog i came upon two killdeer birds that did an elaborate "dance" complete with a full repetoire of screeching in front of me that i thought had something to do with their mating...after reading about them online i realized that they were protecting their nest...yep, sure enough right in the gravel underneath a picnic table in site 6 there were 4 speckled eggs camoflaged very well...when you come near the adults do a "look i've got a broken wing" scenario that diverts the attention you make towards helping the poor bird as they scurry off further away from their nest, ad infinitum...very ingenious...here are urls for more info...you learn something every day...
www.crestonvalley.com
www.birdwatching.com/stories/killdeer.html
©2005 Debbie Ballard
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Hi Deberini! Hope all is going seamless for you on the trail, sounds like you have some fun road tales to tell. Love the pics and narratives! I have been on an adventure here in Las Vegas teaching 5th grade. I bought a little place to hang my hat here, so there is space here for you all to park if you visit this a ways. My email is staralioflundnv@yahoo.com and I am using the chat. Hugs and Loves from an old pal, Star
Oh yes, this Blog is read all over the world, even in a small low country at the other side of the pond. And it is read with a lot of interest and commitment. So much wonderfull places and people. Hope Phenomena and W enjoy their trip save and to the max. Huggeroonies, Ben
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