AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR US

This is the Keremeos Creek fire that started Friday.  I took this photo at Okanagan Falls Friday evening.

Some ivy hanging down in front of a pine tree on my walk up the river this morning.

Also spotted on my morning walk were these Milkweed pods.

Something I hadn't seen before.  This Red-tailed Hawk captured a duck of some sort for his lunch.

Vaseux Lake this morning

Vaseux Lake this morning, that little notch at the far end is where we live.

Day three of the Keremeos Creek fire.  That's our house on the left.  I think the fire is close to 25 kms away.

 
 

THIS IS THE LAST POST FROM OUR ROAD TRIP TO ALBERTA

On our last night on the road, we found a nice quiet spot on a mostly abandoned side road up in the mountains near Nancy Green Park which is located at the junction of Highway 3 and 3A.  Castlegar is down 3 to the east and Christina Lake is to the west while Rossland and Trail are down 3A.  We had pavement to park on and just two vehicles went by the whole time we were there.  One was a guy taking his dog for a pit stop and the other was a guy with an ATV.  Two older mountain bikers went past and were back before long.  We were treated to some coyote music and watched one walk up the road toward us. 

It was a great night for sleeping with the temperature down to 7C in the morning.  We had to bundle up warmer for our walk.  From there it was about 3 1/2 hours to home.  We stopped in Oliver to use the nice new sani dump.  Next up for the motorhome is a few days in Salmon Arm starting late next week then hoping to get to Vancouver Island for a few weeks in September.

Tiger lily

Paintbrush

Showy Daisies

Tiger lilies

Tiger lilies

Twinflowers

Thimbleberry

White Bog Orchid

Our parking spot for the night

Paintbrush

Bog Wintergreen

One surprise we found on past our parking spot was a winter basecamp for alpine skiing.  There were about nine of these large snow cats and several buses to transport skiers along with a large maintenance shop.

Black bear footprints in the mud.  The top one is the back foot while the lower one is the front.

Showy Daisies

ALBERTA BADLANDS PART 2 AT THE HOODOOS EAST OF DRUMHELLER

 Continuing our evening tour with Bud and Jackie. 

Jackie and Aileen

Old caprocks

These were the harder stone that protected the softer material from erosion

ALBERTA BADLANDS PART 1

Part of our reason for being in Carbon, Alberta for three nights was to meet up with Arizona friends, Bud and Jackie, who live in Drumheller.  We visited them one afternoon and after a nice supper on their patio, they took us for a tour of their neck of the woods.

Neat formations on the way to the old community of  Wayne, AB.

Neat formations on the way to the old community of  Wayne, AB.

Red Deer River Badlands east of Drumheller

Red Deer River Badlands east of Drumheller

Long abandoned grain elevator east of Drumheller in the Red Deer River valley.

Red Deer River Badlands east of Drumheller

On the way to Wayne, AB, a side trip from the Red Deer River valley.

On the way to Wayne, AB, a side trip from the Red Deer River valley.

On the way to Wayne, AB, a side trip from the Red Deer River valley.

Red Deer River Badlands east of Drumheller

Red Deer River Badlands east of Drumheller

Red Deer River Badlands east of Drumheller

Red Deer River Badlands east of Drumheller

At the Hoodoos, east of Drumheller.

At the Hoodoos, east of Drumheller.

At the Hoodoos, east of Drumheller.

At the Hoodoos, east of Drumheller.

At the Hoodoos, east of Drumheller.

At the Hoodoos, east of Drumheller.

At the Hoodoos, east of Drumheller.  I seem to have captured a photographer.

Looking back at the Red Deer River valley as we leave heading back to the motorhome in Carbon