Finally. After years of wondering what the resort looked like, I’m here. It was a long but enjoyable drive that started at 6:50am. It was sunny for the first couple of hours, but then coming into the mountains it rained the whole time. There was also a lot of road construction. We sat stopped for 25 minutes at one point while a road crew repaired a bridge. Nonetheless, the drive was really nice.
I finally got to the ferry terminal! Yay! But … there was a two-and-a-half sail waiting for the ferry to get across Kootenay lake near the end of the trip. \
During the wait, I talked with a guy taking his family on a camp trip with a trailer. It was his first time on this ferry. Suddenly my car alarm went off! The horn blared across the parking lot and into the forest beyond. I got hold of the fob to shut it up. I asked the guy, “Uh … you didn’t hear that, did you?” He just chuckled.
Three ajimas (Korean ladies) were looking at an information sign. I came over to view the sign. “Please…?” one of them said as she held out her phone / camera. “Yes, sure.” They all lined up for the shot. I called out to them, “Hanna – dule – set -” (one – two – three) … click. I gave the phone back to them. “Hanna, dule, set?” “한국어하세요?” (Do you speak Korean?) “조금 어요…” (A little.) We had a brief conversation before I asked them, “이거 … 괜찮아?” (Is this okay?) “아주 좋습니다. 감사합니다!” (It’s great! Thank you!) We bowed, and I left.
The sail was nice – cool and breezy and not much rain. It lasted 40 minutes.
When I checked into the hotel, lots of people were waiting. It was pouring rain.
More later! I’m gone to soak.