The Banff Springs Hotel

Yesterday Garth dropped off the pups at their Grandparents place and picked me up after work in Wolfie and we headed west to the Banff Spring Hotel... where we met some friends and had appetizers and refreshments at the Rundle lounge then loaded 8 people into Wolfie and headed to the Banff film festival to watch a movie/play/interview with Greg Mortenson... This morning we toured around Banff and headed back home... A great mini getaway for sure...


















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Brrrrr

A bit chilly but well worth the campout at Mosquito Creek. Good times were had by all...

We woke up Friday morning to a couple cm's of fresh snow and it snowed off and on thoughout the day which made for a beautiful day... we hiked along Mosquito Creek in the snow and had a campfire after to keep warm.

It was freezing cold last night, the van door was frozen and wouldn't close all the way so we woke up with a nice layer of ice on all of the windows but we had a little propane heater to defrost the icy windows and continued on our way for a little hike to Bow Lake. After we made a quick stop in Banff at the Wild Flour bakery for paninis and lattes and now on our way for a cozy evening at home...



















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a mini fall camping trip...

It's been awhile since Wolfie has been on a camping road trip (over a month)... so we are of on a little adventure (2 nights) to Mosquito Creek Campground in Banff... we never camp in Banff as it's normally busy with tourist but with fall upon us the hope is that this campground will not be busy... fingers crossed... this campground is open all year so maybe we will venture back this winter as well... let the adventure begin...



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On the road

Sandwiches and smoothies... Road trip fuel...












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Yoho National Park

we had a blast at Carpenter Creek... already miss it... but now it's time to get away for a mini camping trip to Yoho National Park... plan to camp at Chancellor Peak and go from there... let the adventure begin...


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The Preserved Seed

The convoy home has began, left Carpenter Creek this morning, heavy rain has sent us on our way... A stop in Kaslo to take the pups for a swim at the lake, then we went to the hotsprings... Now a quick lunch stop in Nelson at The Preserved Seed... Yummy...














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The high road

Lovin' livin' up in the beautiful mountains along Carpenter Creek...












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Touring days

Some family are camping in New Denver for a couple of days, so we went touring around the Sandon Museum on Thursday, New Denver's Friday Market and the Kaslo Saturday Farmers Market...
















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loggers half day

Spent the morning clearing out some dead fall from the bush, 2 cedars and 1 poplar and there are alot more fallen trees out there...









The afternoon was spent with parents who are camping near by.


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Mining claim

The Carpenter Creek valley is full of claim posts much like the one seen below. This claim post is named the Climax 2 and the Sunrise and the claims are 500 meters to the left and right of this post... and is located on our property... found one silver ore so far...


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Dog beach at arrow lake

People beach


Dog beach















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St. Leon Hotsprings

35 mins from Nakusp... Well worth the visit... free but should have a donation box... They are user maintained and beautiful...














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Potential cabin site

Went on another trail making journey thru our property and it looks like we found our potential cabin site... The grassy bit in the following picture. Enough of a level bench for a small cabin, it may take a couple of years tho as we have to make a good trail to it with boardwalks as it's dense with shrubs, ferns and flowers... Let the daydream/planning begin...




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Nightly ritual

Garth reads out load from SILVER, LEAD
& HELL, The story of Sandon... interesting stories from Sandon's past... "Sandon was not typical of Canadian mining towns..." Oh to have a time machine... Sounds like quite the adventure.






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A day of trail making

Started the day with some blueberry pancakes for breakfast...



And made a packed healthy lunch with a sandwich of turkey, radish sprouts, Swiss cheese on rye bread...




And head out for some trail making down thru the dense cedar forest to Carpenter creek, it was a jungle down there. Made it down to the waterfall and back up to the road... beautiful yet challenging, 160 meters in 5 and a half hours.










Walked down the road and found an easier slope so we will make a trail down another day, looks like we found our potential cabin site...













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