Camping

Well, we survived the camping expedition. We drove about 4 hours north to a high-altitude lake called Lac Le Jeune near Kamloops, BC. It used to be a very nicely-treed campsite along a lake, high enough that it doesn’t suffer from the overwhelming heat that suffocates that region during the summer.

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/laclejeune/

Unfortunately due to the Mountain Pine Beetle disaster that’s destroying the forests of our province (at least 80% of the province is infested and predicted to have no mature pine/spruce/fir by 2015), the campsite was almost completely exposed. There were a few pads that were still reasonably protected by standing trees, but over 75% of the campsite was denuded as the forestry crews cut down infested trees to try and prevent the spread to the rest of the forest. It’s a losing battle.

We lucked out and had beautiful weather. Not to hot, not cold at all. Very few mosquitos too. We did almost nothing – we ate, we slept, we read books, and we did a bit of walking around the site. She was tired due to the critter, and I was exhausted due to work. The days doing nothing were exactly what we needed. No phones, no internet, no TV, no bears. And very little discussion about babies and nausea and gas and hunger (well, maybe a bit about being hungry).

The best part was being outdoors in a well-ventilated tent… let’s just say that no one ever talks about how much gas a pregnant woman can generate.