Trail, BC

I was fortunate enough to spend my vacation in Trail, BC in the summer of 2006. I had visited Trail two summer's ago and I thoroughly enjoyed myself then. I had the best time of my life in Trail, BC this vacation also. We camped at Beaver Creek Campground again and were fortunate enough to get the exact same campsite that we had the first trip.

The Columbia River was mighty and beautiful. It is clean and the water is so blue that you can see the bottom of the river. Once again, there were no mosquitoes. It was awesome. I was in heaven again.

While camping this time, I saw a grouse sitting in a tree. I also saw three bald eagles flying overhead and several turkey vultures. Now, turkey vultures I could live without but not the bald eagles. I love bald eagles.


We spent some time in downtown Trail on this vacation. We got some ice cream at Dairy Queen in Trail and while there, we saw a mural of what Trail looked like in the olden days. We saw the huge pulp and paper mill and also the Trail Memorial Center.

We also took a ride down toward the US border at Waneta. We did not go across to the states because the border was closed but it was neat knowing we were so close to a different country.

We also saw the Seven Mile Dam while driving toward the border. Wow, it was huge! I couldn't believe the size of it. While driving on Highway 22A, we also drove over a rickety old bridge and I remember looking out my mirror to see if there were pieces of the bridge flying up in the air.

I love Trail, BC and everything it has to offer. I just hope it won't be another two years before I visit Trail again.

Trail, BC

I visited Trail, BC in the summer of 2004. I was mesmerized by the Columbia River and the beauty of the Kootenay mountains. Trail, BC has a place in my heart that is never going to go away.

Coming into Trail from the East Kootenay pass, we saw a mountain sheep standing in the middle of the road. He just stood there and if you wanted to get by him, he wasn't going to move but you had to go around him.

I remember it was 40 degrees Celsius when we arrived in Trail. I can also remember being able to sit by the Columbia River at 10:00 pm at night and enjoying the evening because there was not a mosquito to be found. Coming from Ontario, Canada, mosquitoes always swarm you to death and make it miserable. However, this did not happen in Trail. No mosquitoes! It was heaven!

We camped at the Beaver Creek Campground. It is situated on the eastern shore of the Columbia River. This campground is clean and quiet and we pretty much had the whole campground to ourselves for the few days that we spent there.

The first day that we were camping, we saw a bald eagle fly right over our heads. That bald eagle was the very first wild bald eagle that I had ever seen in my life and it is burned into my memory forever.

I would recommend Trail, BC to anyone that wants to discover the Kootenay mountain range in British Columbia, Canada.