Revelstoke is where we crossed the Columbia River the first time.  The Columbia river starts from the Columbia Lake, just North of the US border, and travels North, then makes a u-turn West of Jasper, BC and runs South into the U.S., West of Spokane.  The valley it runs in is called the Trench.  Roberta and I flew the Trench in 2005 to Juneau.    It  looks like a big u shaped trench, carved by a glacier.  The Flathead River starts just East of where the Columbia River starts.

                                      Columbia Lake, the Beginning of the Columbia River

                                                     Looking North up the Trench

We entered the US and spent a night in Missoula and Jim and Mary's RV park, a nice place.  The next morning, we traveled east , and were surprised to see lots of snow down to about 5000'.

     

                                                   The Mountains North of Drummond, MT.

                       The Old Stack at Anaconda, MT and the Pintler Mountains

We traveled on to Big Timber, Billings , and are now home.  It has been quite a journey.  I will summarize what we did and observed tomorrow.