Temp: 32 degrees
Tim didn't have much in the fridge, but I managed to scrounge up enough to make some bacon and eggs.
We then hit the road for our day-trip circle tour of Trail-Fruitvale-Salmo-Nelson-Castlegar.
It's dry here - it's amazing how much difference humidity makes ... I swear, 32 degrees here (confirmed by my car, Tim's deck thermometer, and the radio) feels no hotter than 24 or 25 back home. This is WAY more tollerable!
In Fruitvale, we tried to locate the house where Dad grew up, but weren't entirely sure we were on the right road... we had to be close though, there are only 3 roads! We'll have to call him tonight and get directions...
In Nelson, we parked by the lake ans walked the boardwalk from beginning to end and back again, stopping at the consession stand for ice-cream - good thing too, as they close for the season tonight! It's crazy, there are still 3 weeks of summer, and it's freekin' 32 degrees out, but I guess that once this long weekend is over and school starts, summer tourist season must be over! We sure picked a great day to be here though.
We drove back through Castlegar, and took a detour to explore the town a bit, since Tim had been told that this is where he'll have to go (the big city, lol) to do any serious shopping. The next closest city being Spokane.
Just before entering Trail on our way back, we detoured to a scenic bluff to locate a geocache that popped up on the GPS - my first find in the area! After that, we hit the supermarket for some "real" dinner and breakfast food.
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I BBQ'd steaks tonight on Tim's little hibatchi, but I must've picked up stewing beef by accident, cause the stuff was rock hard (though it looked great when raw). At least the corn, baked potatoes and chocolate cream pie were all good!
We watched some more movies tonight, like Loose Change. Holy crap, that movie's got a lot of insight on the 9/11 incidents that I've never heard beofre... sure, some of it is a little conspiracy-theory-ish, but most of it appears to be corroborated evidence. Very interesting ... the movie is actually available for free viewing online at the link above, I highly recommend everyone check it out.
Well, we've got more sight seeing and geocaching to do tomorrow, so it's bedtime (although it's well into tomorrow already)
Posted by Calvin at September 3, 2006 08:49 PM