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.

Male Downy Woodpecker, Secrest Hill Road, Oliver.

Juniper Dunes Jerusalem Cricket, Secrest Hill Road.

Juniper Dunes Jerusalem Cricket, Secrest Hill Road.

Margaret Falls, Herald Provincial Park, near Salmon Arm.

Margaret Falls, Herald Provincial Park, near Salmon Arm.

Margaret Falls, Herald Provincial Park, near Salmon Arm.

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.

A bear dug out a wasp or hornet nest.

Milkweed seedpod has burst open.

Ripley Lake.

Madden Lake.

Madden Lake.

Burnell Lake.

Burnell Lake.

Burnell Lake.

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.

Poison Ivy along the Okanagan River.

Eagle Bluff.

Eagle Bluff.

Eagle Bluff.

Eagle Bluff.

Pollen on the edge of a pond.

Along the Mt Baldy Road.

A bit of snow on Mt Baldy today.

Along the Mt Baldy Road.

Sidley Mtn area.

Osoyoos from Anarchist Mtn.

MADE IT OFF THE ISLAND, SHOULD BE HOME TOMORROW.

We caught the 7:45 ferry from Duke Point this morning and are spending tonight in Hope at Coquilhalla Campground.  

One of my cousin Neil's hobbies is rockhounding.  While we were there, he cut a few in half for us to see.

Plain outside but beautiful inside!

And again!

Rathtrevor Park looking east at sunset.

Rathtrevor Park looking east at sunset.

Rathtrevor Park looking west at sunset.

Rathtrevor Park looking west at sunset.

Rathtrevor Park looking west at sunset.

Rathtrevor Park looking west at sunset.

Rathtrevor Park looking west at sunset.

FAREWELL LUNCH.

Five of my siblings joined us for lunch today prior to our departure on the ferry tomorrow.  Two were unable to make it.  The rest of the photos are some I've taken over the past week.

Sisters Janet and Susan on the left and Wendy and Becky beside Aileen with brother Charlie at the far end.

Maple leaf caught in spider web and moss way up a tree.

Maple leaf in the creek with a water strider at the top.

Haslam Creek.

Neil and Carol's Dahlia.

Backlit leaf.

Cyclamen in the woods.

A face in the forest.

A little garden in the tree limb.

Cascara leaf.

Old Man's Beard.

Red Osier Dogwood.

Red Osier Dogwood.

Skunk Cabbage.