Life is good... The arrival of fall tour...

Just to recap our arrival of fall tour... we had a blast on our week road trip to the West Kootenays...





Carpenter creek...











Lunch at Kaslo at the Blue Belle Bistro... Salad and pizza...












Crawford Bay... Artisans' haven... From broom makers to blacksmiths to cafe's, well worth stops...












Locksmith beach... along Kootenay Lake...















It's harvest time in Creston...












First night at Lake Koocanusa...











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West Kootenay's here we come...

We are off on another week road trip to the West Kootenay's... Love this time of year, the fall colors in the forests are changing, there is a crispness in the air, no flys and hopefully no crowds. We plan to camp, hike, visit hotsprings along the way... and check our Carpenter Creek one last time this year before the snow arrives... woot woot...

Our rough route...

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Adventures of Carpenter Creek re-cap

We've been home for a week now… aww can't wait to get out to the mountains again…

All in all, we had a blast at Carpenter Creek… when we first got there, we had to rebuild our outhouse, hopefully the new a-frame shape style will survive the 600 cm snow the valley gets in the winter, good thing the outhouse project was only a day project! After that we biked and hiked and explored the Carpenter Creek valley… highlights were abandoned mine sites and abandoned cabins, relaxing along carpenter creek, some trail building/clearing, one really long (7 1/2 hours hike) to the Carpenter Basin, the headwaters of Carpenter Creek below Mount Carlyle… stunning views!!! The black flies were bad, Garth got eaten alive… but we also saw lots of humming birds, bears, deers and porcupine… so much wildlife, amazing place!!!




























































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St Leon to Nakusp

A night at the remote st leon's hotsprings and a night at the Nakusp hotsprings... Both relaxing and unique...

Before we soaked in the springs we took a short hike to the source of the Nakusp hotsprings... the walk was so beautiful threw a lush cedar forest...





The water was so hot...



St Leon hotsprings... After a rough road down, it was a quick walk up in a cedar forest to the springs... we had the little upper source pool to ourselves... So relaxing...











Next stop... Carpenter Creek...


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Location:Heppner Rd,Central Kootenay K,Canada

Glacier National Park

The first two nights we camped at the Illecillewaet campground in Glacier National Park, did a 10 km hike to the great glacier, fantastic views!!! We also randomly saw my uncle and aunt camping here... they just finishing their one month holiday to the queen charlotte islands and us just starting our holiday...

Next stop... some hotsprings...







































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adventures to Carpenter Creek...

Garth and his Dad have been busy the last couple of days getting Wolife prepped for his upcoming road trip… New wheels, new bike rack, new cabinet with fridge… lots of hard work but Wolfie looks great and ready to go…

Our first night we plan to camp at Illecillewaet Campground in Glacier National Park, we've never camped here before and looks like there are tons of short to long hikes right from the campground. From there we will head south from Revelstoke to the valley of the hotsprings… so many to choose from… and eventually make it to Carpenter Creek sometime early next week, where we plan to spend most of our time…

Let the adventure begin… we plan to update along the way as long as we have cell phone coverage… Cheers...

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The Icefields

We had a blast on our 25 min heli tour to the Wilson Icefield tour, a bit windy but the views were amazing. So much snow in those mountains, abnormally high amount for that time of year... interesting...

The day after our heli-tour we left the two-o-clock creek campsite and headed to Jasper to camp at the Wilcox campground at the Icefields for a couple of nights.

We hiked, relaxed, camped... so much fun... although Garth sprained his ankle on the Wilcox Pass hike... Pika and Maya were determined to chase a ground squirrel while attached to Garth's waist, we made it down the pass but the hike took about 7 hrs in total... silly Pika and Maya...

hehe, we took so many photos ;-)

stay tuned for our next adventure... first two weeks of August to escape to the Carpenter Creek valley... can't wait...