E. C. Manning Provincial Park

Kelowna is a lovely place to visit but we were ready to move on a day early and John was able to get us a wilderness campsite in E. C. Manning Provincial Park in the Northern Cascades Mountains.  Ahh! Fresh air, cooler weather and quiet, no traffic noise, no sirens, no truck engines blasting past.

As soon as we got set up we went to the visitor’s center, then drove up a small mountain to take in the view.  But the campground drew us back for a lovely evening without a campfire (none allowed as it’s too dry).

The next day we chose to hike around Lightening Lake.  We thought it would be about a 3 mile trek but it turned out to be about 6 miles and we got caught in pouring rain for the last mile.  I was not happy as we thought we would beat the rain so we didn’t bring our rain jackets.  But overall it was a lovely walk and the lake was so calm and peaceful - nothing like its name.