E.C.Manning Provincial Park

Day 85, Thursday, 9/10: Woke to beautiful sunshine this morning and it didn’t get below 64 all night. There was some wind as we are on a narrow spit that goes out into the lake. It’s called Haynes Point Provincial Park on Osoyoos Lake. We have decided to stay in Canada another day so we headed west from Osoyoos toward E. C. Manning Provincial Park. It is about a 3 1/2 hour drive (179 km). This area is huge and kind of like our National Forests back home. There are 4 campgrounds but we discovered that one had already closed for the season. There is a very large one that our friends visit in the winter for skiing and snowboarding. We are staying at Mule Deer, the smallest of the 4, and right on the Similkameen River. It is one of the best sites we have had so far and we can have a campfire! Big trees, lots of shrubs between campsites and the sound of the river. You can’t beat that! We had lunch and did some cleaning out of the truck/camper/trailer. We are commemorating our last night in Canada with some grilled tenderloin steaks for dinner, and some wine of course. It is rather sad that our adventure is coming to an end. This place is close enough that we could come here anytime so that makes us feel better. We are about 2 hours from the border crossing at Sumas, just south of Abbotsford, BC (to the west). Or 3 ½ from the crossing at Osoyoos (east). Have our flags out, US/Canadian/Oregon.