Thursday, July 09, 2015
Go long on Revelstoke
Say it ten times -
Revelstoke. Revelstoke. Revelstoke.
Revel. Stoke.
Rebel. Stoke.
Rebel. Stoked. - that's what this town is made up of: Stoked Rebels.
Ever since the Gaglardi family bought Revelstone Mountain Resort out of foreclosure 8 years ago, adventure seekers have been coming to Revelstoke and staying.
8 years isn't a lot, it's only Joshy's age, but from what we understand the demographics have changed dramatically.
We saw it firsthand. These rebels are raising families here and the town seems stoked to get after it everyday.
As luck would have it, we canceled our original campground to stay at Williamson Lake. It was the T-shirt shop lady that hooked us up w the recommendation and then the reservation. Since it was sold out and she used to work there, she made a phone call and we had 2 nights locked up on the site host space, #26.
The lake was so fun. The boys played in the water and made friends w anyone that would let them use their net to catch little minnows.
Even Mommy put on her swimmers, but didn't dip past the knees.
For a town of 8,000, Revelstone has a ton of content. When we got to town, we started at the library then went to their amazing rec center with pools, a lazy river, a water slide that goes in and out of the building and a rock climbing wall that's on the edge of the pool so when you fall, you fall in the water. Fun stuff.
On our way out of Revelstoke, we followed the yellow brick road to an adorable place called Enchanted Forest.
Built in the trees, the trails renewed our childhood nursery tales.
Lincoln met the big bad wolf and we even saw the Giant from Jack in the bean stalk.
With just 3 nights left in the house car, we are counting down the days.
About 250km today to Kelowna for 2 nights then one night in a city called Hope before we give her back.
