This morning Rob did 18 holes, and got paired up with a couple locals. He said they were pretty fun to golf with. Dad and Esther continued on with their trip to Rock Creek.
When Rob got back we headed over to Trail to find a Walmart. It’s a very unique town, with narrow roads winding up the sides of the hills where the houses were built. It’s quite old and historic.
We then drove up to Rossland, which is also very historic. It’s actually kind of a neat town. I spotted a mother bear and her cubs in someone’s yard, then we drove down the hill from there and stopped a cute little city park and snapped a couple photos. We then drove up to the Rossland mine, which we luckily got to tour years ago, because unfortunately it’s since been shut down.
It poured rain for a few minutes enroute back to Castlegar, but then cleared up enough that we were able to check out the Brilliant Suspension Bridge. It was built by the Doukhobors in 1913, and has since been restored, and opened to foot traffic in 2010. After that, we drove to Veregin Memorial Park where the Doukhobor leader and his family are buried, but the gates were locked, so unfortunately we couldn’t go in. It’s too bad because it looked like an interesting little park.
We spent the rest of the evening in the trailer with dogs, which was fine because it ended up raining some more anyways.
Oh, and we saw the brown bear this morning! He was chillin’ at the edge of the golf green, digging for something in the ground. Unfortunately I didn’t get a photo, so hopefully we’ll see him again tomorrow before we leave. And hopefully Kniko doesn’t see him because he’ll completely lose his mind!
Krista
Pioneer Park – Rossland, BC
Pioneer Park – Rossland, BC
Brilliant Suspension Bridge – Brilliant, BC (just outside of Castlegar)