Hummingbirds in the Back Yard
No blog post for a couple of days as basically we have done very little other than chill but I thought I should just bring us up-to-date.

The title is very apt as we have taken quite a few pics of these tiny dynamo's. They are devilishly difficult to photograph as they zoom from here to there but our hosts have some feeders which allowed us to capture the little beauties. Here are a some of my personal favourite shots:

We have also seen a 'sapsucker' (or woodpecker) in the woods and I managed to get this lucky pic:

Apart from taking pictures of the local wildlife, Jan suggested helpfully yesterday that we should go and 'check-out' a place close by called 'Twin Falls'. Beautiful sunny morning albeit the weather looked somewhat ominous around the mountains. Nevertheless, we drove the few kilometers to the small car parking area and headed out on the trail. As we approached the main viewing platform, it started to rain. And when we got there, it came down in buckets! Fortunately, there was a tiny amount of shelter and I managed to capture this shot:

So 'Twin Falls' really does mean twin falls!

On the way back down the trail we got absolutely drenched. Jan just kept laughing (seeing the funny side as we could see it was still sunny just a couple of kilometers away from the mountain side). It was also because she was having some trouble with her trousers which, as everyone knows, is one of the drawbacks of losing a bit of weight on holiday. Still, they just about stayed up so that we could get back to the car avoiding any acute embarrassment!

Changing the subject swftly, interesting accommodation we thought for the local radio station:

So this morning after breakfast we will head off to Quesnel and an overnight stay at the Billy Barker Casino Hotel. What an interesting life we lead!