Day 4 - COLUMBIA RIVER TRIP - REVELSTOKE DAM AND MICA CREEK DAM

Our plan was to sleep in today, but we both woke up at about six in the morning, we just aren't on vacation time just yet, give us a few more days and we'll get there.

Ok this is an offical thank you to Susie for keeping her eye on the Fyles house while we are gone, THANKS SUSIE, couldn't do it without ya!!!

So today we head north from Revelstoke to check out the two first dams on the Columbia.  First is Mica Creek dam which is about 140 kilometers to the north.  It was a beautiful morning ride with nobody around except one coyote and a deer both crossing the road in front of us.  I managed to miss both of them,  good thing too.

HIGHWAY 23 ON THE WAY TO MICA CREEK DAM

ON THE WAY BACK FROM MICA CREEK

A SHORT LUNCH BREAK ON THE OLD HIGH WHICH INCIDENTALLY ENDS UP IN THE LAKE DON'T DRIVE AT NIGHT HERE, NO WARNING SIGNS!!

MICA DAM - NOT THE MOST EXCITING BUT A BEAUTIFUL RIDE UP

On the way back from Mica Creek we stopped and toured the Revelstoke Dam, very nice.  It's the second dam on the Columbia River.  We watch a cool video of how they installed fifth turban    just a few years back, they made it someplace (I forget) in South America and brought it all the way to Canada.  What an amazing journey that was.

Here is a link to the web site: http://www.bchydro.com/energy_in_bc/projects/mica_generating_station_upgrade.html

THE FOUR ABOVE ARE PHOTOS OF THE REVELSTOKE DAM

TOMORROW WE ARE OFF,  FOLLOWING THE COLUMBIA BACK INTO THE US