Solar Halo this week - Idleback Lake

Thanks Paul W.

 

Waiting at the lodge door...........

 

Ready for the weekend............

 

Bin is here - don't know if the end will be opened tomorrow, or if I will be standing in my utility trailer and throwing up and over. 

NDT testing complete, Chairs are back on the line.

Brandan getting the grill ready for tomorrow.

Mid-day today, Kettle River Provincial Park - "Solar Halo"

Thank-you Cheryl Dennill

 Castanet has photos of the Solar Halo, but I think Cheryl's is the best.

Wildflowers

 Lupine showing at lower elevations, paintbrush in my yard starting to bloom.

Growing paintbrush:

Paintbrush needs the roots of a host plant. I put seed at the base of tufts of grass and other plants in the fall. If you want seed, you can buy it online, or remind me in the fall and I will give you some.

Road Block

 

About the weather.........

Still sunny this morning. In my decades in the Tree Fruit Industry I saw more cherries than I care to remember. I gradually regained interest in apples and peaches, but do not care to ever eat a cherry again.

One thing I do know, is if we are going to get wet weather, it will be when the cherries are ripe, and when the older varieties are most susceptible to cracking from moisture in the stem bowl.

Right on time, the forecast is for a chance of moisture, leading up to heavy moisture Friday night into Saturday morning. 

Hey - it is worth it for the swag and the burger!

10:00 Saturday at the lodge. Sign in, and receive a coupon for a burger, and a ticket for the swag draw. Some of our swag got lost in transit last year, and this year we have that, and more.

Presentations by our local FireSmart Team, and the RDKB.

Barbeque and social time - meet your new neighbours.

Hwy 33 Corridor

Still a few people who think 110km is slow, but not much traffic today. More property owners have placed 1000 l totes at the end of their driveways with buckets - hoping that a tossed cigarette may get extinguished before the fire takes a run at the hillside.

Lots of freshly cut hay - hopefully enough time to get it all baled before the weather change on Friday - we may get significant moisture. 

Fuel

Monday am, bottom of the hill 1.729,

Monday pm Kelowna 1.509

Tuesday am Kelowna 1.809

Tuesday am Costco 1.459