Hope is a beautiful town surrounded by mountains, a little like Bovec Oscar claims. I took photos but they don't convey how spectacular the scenery really was.
This was where Rambo First Blood was filmed which may provide yet another explanation about Bigfoot sightings. There was a very amusing brochure with a self guided tour of the Rambo sights we found at the tourist office. Points of interest include "the site where the gas station was blown up, although it can't be seen as it was purpose built and then of course blown up " and "the footpath along which John J Rambo rode his motorbike to escape the police" as well as " county jail, no longer on this site". Fascinating!
What was actually interesting, if a little quirky, was the self guided walking tour of the incredible wood carvings here along the streets of this very small town. Hope's claim to fame, apart from Rambo, is chainsaw wood carving. We actually arrived on the weekend of the chainsaw festival and the winning sculptures were pretty impressive.
We are heading to Okanagan Lake, really just because we met someone in Victoria who lives there said we should go, but we may have to change plans as we're heading towards wildfires that are not yet under control.
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