Senior's Games in Cranbrook

After the wedding we headed over to the Kootenays for the Senior's Games (now officially called the 55+ Games).  We lunched at Rock Creek in the Kettle River Provincial Park.  The park was burnt in a forest fire a few years ago, but we were happy to see that they stopped it just before the campsite.

We camped at Jimsmith Lake Provincial Park (a Senior's deal at only $11night in the off season), just outside of Cranbrook.

We checked out Cranbrook's nature reserve on Elizabeth Lake.  We forgot our cameras, but we saw lots of birds, including the bird of the day, Wilson's warbler.  They are long gone fom our neck of the woods, but I guess still hanging around southern BC.

The next morning we hiked up the Eager Lookout Trail to the site of a former lookout north of town with great views in all directions. Appropriately, we saw the last of many of this year's fires in the area. 

View from Eager lookout

In the afternoon we drove up to Kimberley to register for the games.  We stopped off at our friend Kelly's parent's house for a visit.  Kelly's Dad Rob showed us his collection of First Nations' baskets he'd collected in the sixties.  Very cool.

Then we drove up to the skill for registration.  They were giving free chairlift rides up the mountain so we couldn't resist.  Nice views from the lift:

View of Kimberley from chairlift

We were grateful there was no mechanical  problems because it was darn cold!  Soon after we got to the top we jumped back on because rainclouds were gathering.  Luckily we made it down before the rain.