Caro was up early to tend to Rachel while Mike and Michelle slept another hour.
By 9:30 we were all on our way with Mike and family heading back up to Fairmont to rejoin Hannah,Will and the D'Angelo family while we started going to Castlegar.
We gained an hour on our journey as we entered the Pacific time zone. This allowed us plenty of time to take a side trip to the beautiful city of Nelson (where Mom's sister Molly raised her family). After a twenty minute drive around town we headed south towards Castlegar,stopping just north of town to an historical suspension bridge and information panels on the Doukhobors sect (they had a thriving community here many years ago).
The photo below is taken just downstream of the Brilliant Suspension bridge and is the highway bridge into Castlegar.
It wasn't much time after that that we were in the backyard at Brent and Tiffany Ryan's house. Kevin and Linda live in the bottom half of the house in the summertime and live the other six months in their home in Florida.
The rain forced us inside shortly after we got there mid-afternoon.
They drove us around their city and out into the countryside to show us some points of interest. Very pretty area!
Supper was B-B-Q'd chicken with baked potatoes etc. We ate with Brent's family upstairs, enjoying good conversation.
After supper the rain had stopped so we went on a great hike through the forest nearby.
After further conversation back at the house we said our "good byes" and went to our hotel (The Sandman Inn).
Another wonderful day. "Thank you" to the Ryan's.
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