Blanche & Lucy go West

Blanche and Lucy take one more roll on Judy & Marlene's lush grass.... that was their favorite thing to do here on the farm.

It was hard to say goodbye to such a beautiful place - but we decided it was time to move on.... so Judy, Marlene, the girls and Cheryl & I took the RV's and headed out to Shuswap Lake area for a little camping and boating.

Are you wondering what these brilliant little yellow flowers are?  Well if you ever wondered where canola oil comes from.....

This is one of many Canola farms in this area that produce canola for that canola oil you cook with.

As we said goodbye to Leslieville we passed many beautiful Canola farms with acres of yellow pastures.

These are some of the beautiful wildflowers in Judy and Marlene's property.

These and the two photos below are called Indian Paintbrush - beautiful brilliant red delicate flowers.

As we left Alberta and crossed into British Columbia we drove along the Canadian Rockies once again - a majestic sight.

We drove by Lake Alexander and marveled at the green waters.

We spotted 3 black bears on our drive on the Rte 1 Trans Canadian Route.  Most of the bears we saw were at the edge of the woods off the road but this bear boldly crossed the road in front of Marlene's RV to get to the other side for better berry picking.

The closer we came to the Shuswap area the more lush and green it was - of course we found out very quickly why it's so beautifully lush and green here in BC - it rains a little (and sometimes alot) every day or evening.

The first few days at the Campground in Shuswap were pretty rainy - off and on.

One of our friends (Flo) who loves 'weather' would have loved this day - stormy, thunder, lightning, wind, blinding rain and even hail!

As we looked out at Judy & Marlene's RV and boat it started to look like that boat wasn't going to hit the lake water.

But the rain stopped and we went out to enjoy the area. 

We dropped by a dairy farm named D&D (Dewitt & DeMille's) where we got great fresh milk, cheese and the best ice cream ever!

 

 

The farm had a petting zoo with goats, chickens, rabbits, cows and more for the city girls to pet and feed.

We stopped at this Farm Market nearby for fresh farm veggies and fruits.

Cheryl & Marlene found a bicycle built for two near the antique store here at the dairy farm.

This little calf who poked it's head out of the pen wasn't more than a week or two old.