We plotted another 300 mile day, and the end of that was Hope British Columbia. The drive into that area was very tedious because traffic was heavy, fast, curvy, and filled with forest fire smoke. I imagine the views would be fantastic without the smoke. When we got to Hope that evening, I was looking for a free campsite, or at least a provincial park, but there’s not a lot of off road type of areas in a canyon with 2000 foot high mountains around it. The closest one we could find was a 40 minute drive 20 miles up the road. So we decide to pay for a site along the river. It turned out to be a pretty nice site, and the town was absolutely cute.
For those of you don’t know, and we certainly didn’t, this is where they filmed Rambow. We were browsing the downtown area and they were Rambo pictures, postcards, signs, statues, and Kathy asked what’s with all the Rambo stuff. The people are incredibly friendly there and we’re quick to give us the history of the movie, the local legend, and other need things about the town. We bought some stickers, some fudge, some postcards, and actually drove scenic places around the town where the movie was filmed.
We also learned that the local area is filled with wood carvings, including a legendary police dog that was killed in a line of duty. The humongous cedars, pines, and other trees in this town are absolutely beautiful.
We were able to get some laundry done in the morning, took some nice, hot showers, and completed the waste dump. It’s always nice to have those things taken care of.
this is the famous tree in the Chase scene in the Rambo movie.
interesting pine tree and cone.