Fernie Overnighter - 17-19 of Aug 2010

    Fernie Overnighter- how excited we were for a brand new area to explore

Back row- Ritchie, Geoff, Betty, Joanne, Nelson, Shiela, Joan, Carol, Loural, Marilyn
Middle- Betty Lou, Linda, Judy, Karen, Norma
Front row- Faye, Bob, Colleen, Ron, Karen, Frances, Ila Rae
We are on our way to Fairy Creek Falls. the first part of the trail was very steep but soon leveled out. Signage was not good and the trail was very narrow in places but we made it to the bottom of the Falls

                        Ritchie,  Frances, Illa Rae

Linda and Karen

As we are sitting, admiring the falls, a truck drives past on the other side.

Who knew?

Carol in a hollowed out tree

Marilyn and Betty Lou on this neat little bridge

Joanne, Shiela, Karen, Geoff, Betty, Illa Rae and Frances- on the lawns of Island Lake Lodge

Joanne and Karen at this beautiful tranquil area

This is the trail that Betty and I gave up on but Karen, Joanne, Francis and Illa Rae continued on up 2.4 miles to the view point on the Tamarack trail

Marilyn, Norma, Karen Morton, Ron, Linda, Joanne, Nelson, Ritchie

Carol, Joan, Judy

This was the group (minus Joanne and missing Betty Lou ) that hiked the Mount Baldy Loop- a hard 2200 ft gain in about 3 1/2  miles

Betty Lou, Carol and Judy- a much needed rest spot on the trail

Betty Lou- getting ready to take a group picture- run fast Betty Lou to be in the picture

Loural- on top of Mount Baldy- "all covered with rocks"

Thanks Loural for the Mount Baldy Pictures

They made it back-

Island Lake

A watermelon treat at the end of the hikes- thanks Betty and Geoff.

Shiela, Karen and Linda

Fun and games at the Fernie Hostel

                                             Judy, Carol and Karen

Before starting our final day of hiking we stopped at the Fernie town Hall to see this marvelous World War 1 statue. The war to end all wars. It was a very emotional time and many tears were shed.

The final hike was with our whole group at the Fernie Ski Resort on the Double Creek cross country ski trail. Are we an "explosive" group or what!

Joan, Karen, Linda, Frances,

Norma, Joanne, Judy, Loural,

Marilyn, Carol, Betty Lou- no she wasn't eating the fern!

This was a trail of many different mushrooms

We came down a steep incline to this neat "lunch and rest" spot

Betty Lou, Marilyn and Shiela- still resting!

After finding our way back to our cars and after many hugs and good-byes we are on our way home with lots of happy memories.

Of course the "party car" didn't go straight home- (Linda was driving)

We had to stop and soak our feet

and then a stop at Lumbrick Falls -Carol, Norma, Linda and Marilyn

What fun we had as we watched Norma get so excited watching fish trying to jump up the falls.

Truly a trip to remember.