September at Home

I feel like I'm on vacation...from vacation!  A few less blogs.  With most of the time we have spent at home, here in B.C., visiting family and friends and revisiting areas of our province that we know and love, we are relaxed and settling into a easy routine.  Just a few camping trips and bike trips...we are happy with that.  Through the pictures that follow, hopefully you can see why we love it here in B.C. and are always happy to come home. 

Camping a Little Big Bar Lake in the Cariboo.  So much more room to pack camping gear when you have two bikes.

And as the sun sets over Little Big Bar Lake we reflect on some of the reasons we love Canada.

Dog Creek road runs along the Fraser River Canyon and through the Gang Ranch, one of our favorite rides.

What a great campsite.  After a day of riding it was great to sit the relax at La Salle Lake just outside McBride.  Just a bit of the Rocky Mountians can be seen in the background, what a reflection!

It just takes some fresh ingredients and a love of good food to make salsa...

and that is what Mom and I did.  Spicy salsa, peach salsa and black bean and corn salsa, all made with fresh vegies from my parents garden.

Don't let the look on his face say anything...he loves mowing the lawn...really!

Mount Baker looms in the background behind the City of Vancouver.  We lucked-out and had some fantastic weather on our trip to the coast, Vancouver and Bowen Island.

Ken and his sister Shari toast to good times with family and friends on her rooftop patio.  It was a great meal and a nice evening for Mexican.

The totem poles in Stanley Park in Vancouver, a must see when you are in the city for your first time and many times after.

Wow, thanks again Tony for a feast not to be soon forgotten.  Prawns and crab, right out of his traps...you just don't get fresher than that!

"The Chicken Coop" on Bowen Island. The 4 chickens do their part producing eggs but they are just part of the family and wait patiently to be let out in the morning to have the run of the garden during the day.  Real FREE RANGE.

While on Bowen Island we walked the path around Killarney Lake every day, 6 km. that are not hard to take.

Now that was an big, old tree...oh the stories it could tell.

We made a quick stop in Mission to visit Sue and Rob, this girl is a fantastic cook and healthy too.  For breakfast fruit and vegie smoothies accompanied our meal.  Good stuff!

A steady brisk breeze is hard to come by on the Okanagan Lake but we got out for a great afternoon sail with Ron, on his 26' McGregor.  We didn't want to come in.

Long english cukes from my parents garden, we are loving it!

Across the Okanagan Lake, Kelowna gets a bit of a rain storm and Westbank enjoys the rainbow.

We are so lucky to be in the Okanagan during the fall.  It is grape harvest time at the wineries and the weather is great for a few last motorbike rides.