Category: Kootenay Lake

Just A Picture – March 16, 2021

Balfour, British Columbia, Canada, Kootenay Lake, Sailing, Salty Trails

Took this one in spring 2016 near Balfour, BC. The mist and fog create an eerie feeling out on the water, which I didn’t capture very well. Good memories of our sailboat on Kootenay Lake though. That is another story, for another time.

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Weekly Photo Challenge – One Love

British Columbia, Canada, Kootenay Lake, Sailing, Salty Trails

This week’s challenge, One Love.  As a recent love, we are into sailing, the sheer joy of being at the whims of the wind, and the acquiring of an ancient skill.  No noise except the wind in the sails and the water moving along your waterline. The picture I have chosen is of  our first solo sail on Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, Canada.

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Maiden Sail of The SV JohnLoriEh

British Columbia, Canada, Kootenay Lake, Kootenays, Sailing, Salty Trails

The maiden post for this site will have to be the maiden voyage of the newly purchased 25 foot O’Day sailboat.  The boat was formerly owned by some very good friends in Saskatchewan.  They delivered the vessel to our location near Balfour BC on Kootenay Lake in the Canadian Rockies.  Took a quick video as we did a shakedown sail on Sunshine Bay.

The sailing is something we will touch on quite often, as this is something Lori and I have tossed around for several years now as a potential retirement thing, or at worst, a leisure activity.