John and Aileen sometimes on the road

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER WATERFALL!

On Sunday October 4 we took a drive east of Salmon Arm. It was a foggy start but the sun came out and the temperature rose making a very pleasant day. We drove Highway 1 to Sicamous then took a side road paralleling the highway for several miles. Back on the highway, we stopped at Kay Falls which used to be very visible from the road but is now grown in. There is a sketchy trail to the bottom of the falls but then you're so close that the spray coats the camera lens.

Spider web with nobody home.

As the fog was lifting.

Kay Falls.

Saturday, October 3, 2026

WE DIDN'T STAY HOME LONG.

We had some visiting to do in the Salmon Arm area so we took the motorhome and are spending five nights here. We went to one of the best waterfalls in the area this morning.

Male Downy Woodpecker, Secrest Hill Road, Oliver.

Juniper Dunes Jerusalem Cricket, Secrest Hill Road.

Margaret Falls, Herald Provincial Park, near Salmon Arm.

Monday, September 28, 2026

WE TOOK THE ATV FOR A RIDE IN THE HILLS YESTERDAY.

Shaggy Mane.

Shaggy Manes.

Puffball.

A bear dug out a wasp or hornet nest.

Milkweed seedpod has burst open.

Ripley Lake.

Madden Lake.

Burnell Lake.

Saturday, September 26, 2026

WE'RE BACK HOME AND FIRST DRIVE TO CHECK OUT FALL COLOUR.

We headed to Vancouver Island on August 5 to visit family and explore some places and arrived home September 22. After a brisk rain yesterday afternoon, I glanced out the window and saw the sun shining in the clearing mist on Eagle Bluff which is across the highway from McIntyre Bluff. I grabbed a camera and rushed across the street to try and capture what I was seeing.

Today we took a drive up toward Mt Baldy to see what the larches were doing. They will be a couple weeks or longer before reaching peak colour I suspect. Some of the poplars were looking pretty good though.