SUNDAY AFTERNOON DRIVE UP OROFINO CREEK ROAD

 We drove up Orofino Creek Road which climbed quite rapidly.  The lower section is only a few kms from home but quite pretty.  Only about six homes along the whole road and we only had one vehicle go by us the whole time.  Not expecting to get into taking photos, I just had my phone and my point and shoot camera but I think they did quite well.

A WALK UP THE RIVER TODAY

I decided to take one of my big cameras up the river to see if I could capture these Kokanee that are spawning.  They change from silver to quite red during the spawning.  Even though I was using a polarizing filter to cut the glare, they were mostly too dep under the water surface to get a sharp image.

Sumac in two different lighting situations

A couple of wary ducks

 

OCTOBER 11 ROADTRIP

 Since the forecast looked promising we went for another road trip on Monday.  This trip was through the mountains from Summerland to Princeton mostly following the route of the Kettle Valley Railway that ran through here many years ago.  The old railbed is a multiuse trail these days and for much of it ATVs are permitted.  As usual, I combined photography with geocaching and picked up eight caches along the way.  The total round trip was 260 kms/162 miles and took us seven hours.  Only 40 odd kms are gravel but with the washboard and mud, it was slow going.

The first hints of winter are upon us

Red-osier Dogwood

We had lunch here and sat in the sun and it was quite comfortable as there was no wind.  It was 2C/36F.

SOME LOCAL FALL COLOUR

 A couple days ago I went for a bit of a drive not far from home and captured a bit of colour.  Tomorrow I will post another road trip that we took yesterday.

Virginia Creeper and Poison Ivy

Virginia Creeper on Ponderosa Pine tree

Clematis, poplar and maple

Maple

Leaves are pretty much off the trees here

The red in the bottom is Red-osier Dogwood