Here at Silver Springs Lakes, there are these massive rock cliffs, which really look spectacular! We were told that this is a popular area for “cliff jumping”. We did not see any jumpers at this particular moment, but on the way back, a large group of kids magically appeared and were having a blast cliff jumping. Doesn’t this look like the perfect spot to jump into fresh lake water? I’d say so. For now, hiking is the objective for today, didn’t bring my swimming trunks anyways. Next time, will plan on it though. Did you do any cliff jumping last Summer?

On our second day of hiking in British Columbia, last August, the destination was Silver Spring Lakes. Located about 1 hour east of Cranbrook. First of all, the weather was absolutely fantastic! Couldn’t have asked for a better day. It was gorgeous. Silver Springs actually consists of 3 tiny lakes. The first lake is shown here. There are two smaller lakes just on the other side. The hike itself took us to all three lakes, and around 3 hours or so to complete, including a stop for lunch. Generally an easy hike, with probably less than 100 metres of elevation gain to deal with. The turquoise colour of this lake was incredible! Thanks for stopping by.

These will be the final photos captured from our hiking trip out to Cooper Lake, located in East Kootenay, British Columbia. The lake pics have been published already, so here is a bit of everthing else found that day. It was a rather easy hike, and in total, it took close to 3 hours or so to complete (including about a half hour relaxing by the lake). After spending a lot of time hiking in Banff and Jasper, East Kootenay is becoming a new favourite spot of mine to go to. Fewer people around and less crowded. Unlike Lake Louise, Banff, where you cannot even get to the lake without reserving a shuttle bus. East Kootenay, I like it!

Ever heard of a log flume? Neither did I (or maybe you did), until coming to this lake. Well, I’ve seen videos of logs making their way down rivers, funnelled by a flotation water system, but never knew it was called a “flume”. Kinda of a strange word. The first picture shows you part of the flume, which is right beside the lake, Cooper Lake. They say it was operational in the 1920’s or so, but it didn’t actually look or appear to be that old for some reason. It was odd. Then we stumbled across different bones lying around, also odd. Finally, a lake outhouse, which seemed out of place, as this lake was like a ghost town. Maybe it is a ghost lake now.

It was a great day to be out on the trails. That is what weekends are for, getting out of the house and into Nature! Fall especially is such a great time to enjoy the outdoors. All them colours are just so awesome. Throw in a bit of sunshine and Walla, magical Fall photography. The forecast was for a mix of sun and cloud, and fortunately there was more sun and less cloud. I love it when the forecast is wrong. This is a classic example of not always planning your activities around the weather forecast. Of course it can be used as a rough guide, but no more. You will end up sitting indoors and missing out on so much. Like I mentioned before, this is our Thanksgiving weekend up here in Canada, anyone else celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend?

I find fallen shoreline logs super photogenic. Imagine sitting on this log, casting a few lines into the water, chatting with friends or a significant other, reading a good book, having a snack or lunch, whittling, scrolling through your photo camera roll, dreaming, posting to Hive, or planning your next hiking adventure. I wonder how long it will take for this log to decompose? I wonder if it will be here next time we visit this lake? Looking forward to answering that question in the future!