Hope, BC Campmeeting

July 27-29, 2012

Immediately upon returning from Vietnam, Jonathan and I spent the weekend at the British Columbia SDA Campmeeting in Hope, BC. The campground is one of my favourite places, and I was happy to be able to spend a few days there. The year before, during the weekend before our wedding, I'd been able to share this special place with Jonathan and show him around the area, and we were happy to be able to enjoy the weekend there again.

On Saturday afternoon, a group of us went on a short hike up to a series of waterfalls. The following are photos from that hike.

Cedar trees galore

With my sister, Bryn, at the first waterfall

Part of our group at the second waterfall

Trans-Canada Highway from our vantage point

With my friend, Jodi

There's a reason the Lower Mainland is ecologically classified as a temperate rainforest...

About Campmeeting & the campground:
British Columbia & Yukon Territory Campmeeting is held for 10 days once a year starting the last weekend of July and ending the first weekend of August (BC Day weekend). The campground has tenting and RV sites, as well as cabins and a lodge. Meetings are held multiple times per day in the main auditorium, as well as in the children's and youth divisions, and various seminars are also available daily. Older children's and youth divisions hold outdoor games in the afternoons, and trips to a local lake for water skiing and wake boarding, canoeing, and other outdoor activities can be arranged. A swimming pool and horseback riding are also fun on-site activities to take advantage of. Several hiking trails can be accessed from the campground, including a trail to Third Ledge and another to the Waterfalls (the hike we took).

About the area:
If you've never been to the little town of Hope, BC before, plan to turn off the Trans-Can Hwy the next time you're headed to or from Vancouver, and spend a little time driving around the area. Or, better yet, just spend a week at BC Campmeeting in late July/early August! Beautiful lush mountains, courtesy of quite a bit of rain (an average of 80+ inches of precipitation annually), surround the area. The town holds chainsaw wood carving exhibitions and competitions, and many carvings are displayed throughout the downtown core. In addition to strolling around downtown, other fun places to spend time include Lake of the Woods, Kawkawa Lake, and walking (or cliff-jumping) at the Othello Tunnels beside the Coquihalla River.