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For the salon just down from Oso Negro's. They always have great window displays:

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Brand new when I put them on June 1st. Here's their state, 3 months into the summer and halfway through the labour-day weekend:


Mind you, 5 days a week at 15-20 KM per day, 75 per week (low average) times 13 weeks comes to over 1000 KM. Still, I've had better, and it's looking like time for another pair...
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Spotted in Nelson, looks like Stormy's been shopping around my barbies,,,
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The Cemetery, Cenotaph and old Phoenix Townsite. Day off with co-worker, lots of ore and good minerals left behind...






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Rainy day on Kootenay Lake:

Anyways, trying to get into a location to do some prospecting. 4 Trips, always running into snow. Finally, End of June, it should be clear.
Should be. It isn't. This is a major pain in the ass - 1 hour driving pavement, 1 hour on dirt road, another half an hour up a logging road to get to this:

It doesn't look so bad, but there's worse to come. I'm not giving up just yet, but I'll leave the jeep and proceed on foot, until finally:

Yeah. There's not going to be any prospecting done in this. So - next attempt will be August, fingers crossed the snow will be gone.
Meanwhile, stop and do some panning (promising), and take some pictures and smell the flowers. Lots of deer, 3 bears and 1 cub, and a porcupine:






And, finally, the Troll of The Meadows, always meant to stop and get a picture, finally did:






















