September 25, 2005

September 25, 2005

Radium Hot Springs, B.C.

YEAR 2 DAY 100

 

Today was a nice day for this time of year, sunny, cool in the morning and evening, warm in the afternoon.

This morning after showering, breakfast, and preventive maintenance, I made phone calls to the 2 RV parks in this area that are selling lots. We wanted to visit both of them today. We headed into the village of Radium Hot Springs to run errands. North on Hwy. 93 / 95 about 7 km. to town. First stop was the Tourist Information Centre to pick up as much information as we could on the areas in B.C. we will be visiting over the next month or so, looking for RV co-op or strata parks. RV strata parks are like a condo concept, selling titled RV lots. Next stop was the Post Office to drop some mail. We headed out of Radium Hot Springs, north on Hwy. 95, 11 km. to the town of Edgewater to see the RV lots for sale at Valley's Edge Park. Underdeveloped park, overdeveloped prices ! Back towards Radium Hot Springs, to see RV lots at Lynx Ridge. There was no access into Lynx Ridge without an appointment, so we were unable to see their sites. We visited an adjacent Coast to Coast membership RV park, so we assume that Lynx Ridge would be similar. The Coast to Coast park was nice, but we are not interested in the membership camping concept of RV parks, which is somewhat like a time share concept for RV's. Back into Radium Hot Springs where we filled up with diesel, refilled a propane tank, and bought some groceries. On the way back to Mountain Shadows RV Resort we saw a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep ram, and a group of some sort of deer, including a couple of small fawns. I think they were mule deer, but I'm uncertain.

Once back at the trailer, we had lunch, then I napped briefly. We drove back into, and through, the village of Radium Hot Springs, turning northwest on Hwy. 93 back into Kootenay National Park, and the actual Radium Hot Springs. We spent a couple of hours relaxing in the hot mineral springs pool. The spring water enters the pool at a temperature of 104° to 110° . I read the thermometer in the pool, and today the water was entering at 107° . In addition to the mineral content, the water is slightly radioactive, hence the name. Joanne did some meditation while in the pool. She thought that was very relaxing. I fell asleep. I thought that was very relaxing !

We returned to Mountain Shadows, walked Bo, took Teddy outside to look around and get some fresh air, fed the animals, prepared and ate supper. After supper, I worked on the computer while we watched a bit of TV. Multi-tasking !

DSK