Taking it slow, at 100 per hour

‘Ello, Blokes,

This here blog is coming out of Revelstoke, British Columbia.

Friends, if ever you want to see beauty in a natural form, TransCanada highway 1 is the thing for you!

The highway is a two-laner, with top speeds of about 100kph, or roughly 60mph. Speed demons, this might not be your thing but I guarantee that the beauty of mountains, waterfalls and trees will be 100% worth it. All you non-corporate lovers out there? For food options, I counted 2 Subways, 1 McDonalds an Arbys and a plethora of mom and pop restaurants.

The highlight of the day happened around 4pm. At that time I was the meat in a down-hill semi-trailer sandwich and due to the drizzle and the curvy, downhill nature of the drive – stress levels were higher than normal. We noticed off to the side of the road some classic cars, and behind that, an Ice Cream parlor! 

Thanks to the wonders of driving slowly, we had more than enough time to pull over and inspect the beautiful old roadsters. Apparently, the towns around the area have a hot rod club, and decided that ice cream sounded like a good idea.

A good idea it was, too! This place was an on-site dairy, with cows and processing equipment behind the store. Fresh ice cream makes for awesome milkshakes!

We spoke briefly to the Hot Rodders, who seemed as fascinated by the fact that I was from Iowa as we did their beautiful cars.  We only wished our good friends Philip and Lucinda were along – they would have loved it!

Waffles!