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Date Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 02:16:15pm
Author: Lij
Author Host/IP: 162-199-224-176.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net / 162.199.224.176
Subject: Sounds fine!
In reply to: AS 's message, "They spent many millions upgrading that highway before the Olympics." on Thursday, September 22, 09:59:02pm

I see Chabot had been CAO of Fernie... makes sense.

I don't remember much about my time in Revelstoke. I think the air was thin those two days I was there and effected my memory! I remember being up at the lodge on the pass (Rogers Pass?) on '1' and just amazed how much more wintery the scene was as compared to the road through the Lake Louise area (it was actually snowing at the pass in early September). I was also surprised at the shear intensity of those mountains. I'd been in the Cascades in Washington, so I had knew that geologically accreted terrains could be scenic, but those mountains east of Revelstoke were simply amazing. Remember catching some rainbow trout and grayling in that area too.

I do remember driving up north to see the dam on the river and at that time the road was gravel and there weren't much of any visitor services. The overlook above the dam (looking at the lake-side) was not much more than a wide spot in the road without a guard rail or anything to stop you from driving off the cliff. I got out to take a look and got near the edge and suddenly had an attack of vertigo. Heights have never done that to me before, so I have always associated it with thin air, though probably not! But if I hadn't had leaned back and fallen on my butt you would have heard in 1986 about some crazy Oklahoma tourist who had fallen off the cliff overlooking Revelstoke dam!

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