It’s late September, the grass is green, days are high teens, nights are high single digits. Still we’re planning to close the campground October 14th.
The 2020 season was shortened by the Pandemic and travel was restricted. Still were calling our season 4 a success.
The campground is getting pretty quiet. The geese are returning. The nights are chilly but only one so far came close to freezing. The irrigation is shut down, the plumber is scheduled to shut down the wash house, so final preparations are nearly done.
Most of our guests this year were from Western Canada. Traffic to and from Alaska was drastically reduced. After the confusion of the first few weeks, Americans were given 5 days to get from the southern port of crossing to Alaska. Neither of us can recall any European visitors.
There was no 2020 Williams Lake Stampede. There were a couple of fund raising breakfasts and carbeques. There was a closed rodeo, High School rodeo and Little Britches all with maximum attendance of 50.
- A Fixture of Big Hill Country: Bill Boothby’s Enduring LegacyThe landscape of the Bow Valley, with its windswept grasslands, alluvial topography, and volatile climate, made agriculture a very unforgiving and demanding way of life. Open range grazing, unmaintained overland trails, and primitive equipment made commercial cattle husbandry a very time consuming, meticulous endeavour.
- Boothby Family – The Western Heritage CentreHay Delivery 1930
- Anniversary 2025 in Banff and Lake LouiseHighlights of our anniversary in Banff and Lake Louise.
- Putting the RV to bed after a long camping season in 2024I don’t want to say driving the RV is difficult but you do have to watch for the other guy and so many don’t understand a 36′ RV isn’t an SUV. Consequently, we purchased a dash webcam just in case.
- Williams Lake Close CallA fire started in the valley, right along side Williams Lake. 4 water bombers, 2 helicopters and a spotter plus ground crew from several departments fought the fire.