Category: Owls Nest

Just A Picture- August 4, 2021

British Columbia, Canada, Hiking Trails, Owls Nest, Uncategorized

Found this sitting in my drafts, time to share I’d say, and give us a reminder that this isn’t too far down the road again.

Don’t think we saw the conjunction on December 21. We received 30 cm of snow that night. Up to 20 inches for our American friends. It is pretty though, until you have to shovel it.

My Reverse Bucket List ; Evacuation

British Columbia, Canada, Dusty Trails, Kootenays, Owls Nest, Reverse Bucket List, Travel, Travel Trails

Time for something completely different. A reverse bucket a list, a list of accomplishments that I never ever wanted to do. First up, being evacuated due to a forest fire.

British Columbia is known for it’s hot summers, especially in the interior. Forest fires are no strangers in this environment. In the fall of 2017, B.C. was on fire, multiple fires throughout the province, one of which was real close to our recreation property near Cranbrook, B.C. As dangerous as things were, it was still kind of interesting,

For eample, the water bombers cruising over Moyie Lake and depositing their payloads on the fire up on Lamb Creek.

Then a turn for the worse, an evacuation alert. We were put on alert, meaning instant evacuation from the RV resort. As luck would have it, the fire was getting visibly worse.

The Smoke

That evening (pre-covis) we had some friends in for supper. Around the 3rd bottle of wine, it happened. EVACUTION!!! We had zero miniutes to clear out.

The Glow

The fire was obviously an issue and ominous. Luckily it was dark, and we followed the tail lights in a very slow parade to Cranbrook.

Not something I ever wanted to happen and the first entry on my reverse bucket list.

A Life Post – December 8, 2020

British Columbia, Kootenays, Owls Nest, Retirement, Tips & Tricks
Our Retirement Place

As we state in our About page, we suddenly realized about 15 years that today was coming, and coming fast. Today meaning, getting older and facing retirement. Retiring is a hard thing to contemplate after working so hard and for so long to try and reach the goal of enjoying life with adventure and contentment. On occasion we will be posting some of our successes, failures and projects along this path. We are not experts, only experiencers. I think I just made that word up (experiencers), spell check didn’t like it. We will share without preaching, hopefully creating a story of some sort. I know a lot of readers will have had some of the same experiences, please feel free to share yours in the comments.

Retirement isn’t the end of the road, but just a turn in the road.