Heading down into Osoyoos

Rossland Ski Hill

Fuzzy Catepillar at Champion Lakes

Painted turtle at Champion Lakes

Shore bird at Champion Lakes

"Alberta foothills - Redtailed Hawk"

"Distant Rain north of Manning AB at sunset"

Grazing deer north of Manning AB

At sunset with approaching storm in the distance.

Tony my tour guide for Manning AB and area.

Me at Notikewin Provincial Park. On the Peace River just north east of Manning AB

Fellers Heights windmills.

Bijoux Falls in the Pine Pass.

Fishing with the cousins Trevor, Dan, and uncle Mickey.

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July 2015 BC Alberta Tour

5500+ KM whirlwind vacation in just over 15 days starting with travel through southern BC: Victoria, Princeton, Osoyoos, Castlegar, Cranbrook

Spent the first night in Manning Park, then carried on and spent a couple days at Champion Lakes.

I crossed over into Alberta and explored some new areas while heading north. I managed to mostly keep ahead of the storm going south and east missing the tornado to the west of Calgary and arriving safely in Drumheller. The next day I returned to visit and overnight with famliy in Calgary before heading to Drayton Valley, Hinton, Grande Cache, Grande Praire, and finishing my northward exploration of Alberta visiting my friend Tony in Manning (near the Peace River in Notikewin Provincial Park).

I then headed south and west back into BC, visiting family and friends in Dawson Creek, before continuing homeward through Tumbler Ridge, Chetwyn, Prince George (family and some fishing), Barkerville, Williams Lake and back to the coast. NOTE: do not travel thru the Fraser Canyon and lower mainland again the Monday of a summer long weekend. Think Indy 500 with big trucks and motorhomes mixed in, and 30deg weather before lunch.