 Sparwood, BC. We discovered this giant truck en route to Fernie. Needless to say, we were enamoured. |
 This retired mining truck is the largest truck on earth. |
 Dot hopes she never has to change a tire this heavy. |
 "Hey Paul, how many VW buses could you fit in the back of this dump truck?" |
 Welcome to Fernie, BC. We were excited to return as we loved our visit here last winter when driving across country from NYC to begin our "world tour!" |
 One of the main streets in small town Fernie. |
 Each winter Fernie is blanketed in snow with some of the best skiing in North America. |
 Fernie Fall. |
 There's snow in them thar clouds! |
 The old train station is a hip gallery and new location for the Blue Toque Restaurant, a delicious joint our good friend Chris turned us on to the first time we visited. |
 Paul, utilizing ancient techniques, proves that snow will fall on this sidewalk. |
 This fine old building is now the Fernie Court House. |
 Follwing our sojourn in Fernie, we dipped into Montanna. |
 Gun-toting Hunters were welcome and encouraged in this small town in Idaho. |
 Paul makes like Vanna next to the Dam sign in northeast Washington State. |
 Hydro-electric Dam and railway bridge in Washington State. |
 Here we are, back in BC. New Denver, BC. |
 Kooky bed and breakfast in New Denver, BC. |
 Lake Promenade in Nakusp, BC, near the Kooteney region. |
 Nakusp flowers. |
 Dot was particularly entrhalled with the dazzling colors of Nakusp, BC. |
 Hot Springs north of Nakusp. We did not have time to soak and Dot showed her support. |
 Another lake ferry in the mountains of BC near Nakusp. |
 While this resembles the pacific ocean near Vancouver, we're hundreds of miles inland and this is just a lake. |
 Revelstoke hydro-electric dam near Revelstoke, BC. |
 Canadian Thanksgiving (Oct 14, 2002). We stopped at the ADAMS river to witness the largest salmon run in 50 years. |
 After 4 years of swimming in the ocean hundreds of miles away, the salmon return to their birth river in the mountains to spawn and die. |
 Salmon are usually silver/grey until they are ready to spawn then they turn deep red. |
 You'd think the salmon would be ready to fall down dead from swimming upstream and pregnant. They leap out of the water with the energy of minnows. |
 "Hey Dot, we can walk to the other side of the river on the backs of all these salmon." |
 The 2002 salmon run had millions of fish returning to the Adams River, far surpassing the norm. There was a bit of controversy between the and fisherman and conservationists. |
 "I've never had so much fun staring at fish in my life." |
 The life cycle ends in death after the salmon lay their eggs. The riverbottom becomes thick with salmon carcasses that quickly lose color. We hated this part. |
 Near Vernon, BC. we bought a homemade pumpkin pie from this wild west themed fruit stand. |
 We stopped in Kelowna, BC to visit Paul's aunt Helen. We had fun shaking the wallnut tree at her neighbors house. |
 Dot is amazed at how many walnuts come from such a little tree. Aunt Helen thinks we're nuts. (pun intended). |
 En route to Vancouver, we spent the night in Harrison Hot Springs, BC at the Sasquatch Springs campground. |
 We didn't see any Sasquatches but we ran alongside beautiful Harrison Lake. |
 The town of Harrison Hot Springs. |
 Dancing tree on the shore of Harrison Lake. |
 Goats practicing their balance beam act off of highway 7 near Harrison Hot Springs. |