My sister has two dogs (Ebbi, Siri) and one very cute little kitten (Boh). Ebbi is a barker, as is Journey. She did not appreciate the intruder to her house. Her primary goal was to get Journey to bark louder than her. She succeeded. It was a loud house at times. Siri on the other hand was a perfect gentleman. He and Journey got along incredibly well and were best friends by the end of our visit. Boh thought he was a puppy. He followed us around when we walked the dogs on the property. Then the dogs would chase him up a tree. It was quite hilarious.
The plan was to go skiing at Fernie at least one day. Also there were a couple waterfalls in the Fernie area that I had not seen yet and I wanted to try to get to at least one of them. However, Nekoda was still quite sick and did not feel like skiing. She also did not want to drive out to Fernie to hike. (it is a fairly long drive). She thought it would be much better to do some short hikes in the Kimberley area and then everyone could go (my wife and son and dog as well). I thought this was a good idea. We returned to Cherry Creek Falls and also Marysville Falls.
It is a short hike to Cherry Creek Falls, a very cool 30 ft. slide. I was surprised there was so much ice at the falls. (Marysville Falls as well). I was not expecting there to be so much considering the warm winter thus far but I guess Kimberley is at a little higher elevation and has been a bit colder. I got out on the ice as far as I dared to get a photo from right in front of the waterfall. Nekoda asked for permission to go right out in the middle of the ice. Do you want to die, girl? I said. She shrugged.
After this we visited Marysville Falls and then went into Cranbrook for our annual favorite Mozza burgers at A&W.
The trip back home to California was nightmarish. Nekoda got more sick and went to Urgent Care. She tested positive for strep throat. Poor girl. No one else got it, thankfully. It snowed on Saturday but Sunday was supposed to be clear. I figured the roads would be fine by then. Nope. Oregon was a mess with very icy roads. Much of the time I was going less than 50 mph. Oregon always has the worst roads in winter of any state I have been to. We made it home safely. Nekoda is better now. We had a very nice trip up to Canada to visit my family.
