An Idyllic, Magical Autumn Walk in the Okanagan Mountaintops

Welcome back friends! Because I finally got my camera charged up, I now can share with you something I meant to share a couple months ago, a walk with me through the Okanagan mountaintops with Drea the doggo!

This was shot probably in October, when everything was readying for snow. It was one of the last hikes of 2017, and I got some incredibly beautiful photographs. Nearly every single photo was stunning, so there are quite a few, and that is a blessing!

Drea accompanied me on this journey, as usual she is ready to go and ahead of me! She blends in really well to the landscape, I often lose her because I think she is a stump or something haha. She is always close by though, good hiking guard doggo!

The goal of this hike is to reach a high place, high enough to get good views and some windy fresh air well it is still light out. I like to sit on tall rocks and contemplate things well overlooking the valley. I miss it in the winter, but I know that spring will come soon enough.  

I came across these picturesque ponderousa (I think) babies and took a little break in the middle of them haha. I often ponder about ponderousa, is that ponderous? 

As we walk the views get more and more breathtaking, the fall colours blending perfectly. The left-over smokey haze still hangs in the valley from the many fires that burnt the continent this summer. 

I saw a buck on my way to the high-point, a handsome fella. I saw a group of some 6 or 7 does on the way home too, but failed to picture them!

If you can't tell, our landscape is mostly made up of rocks right now. The forest here burnt down in 2003, along with a lot of stuff on our property, and the forest and our little village are rebuilding slowly but consistently some 15 years later. It is a blessing to watch a forest grow anew.

I found an odd object in the woods, where there are no trails (I simply trail-blaze, but have routes I follow). It is not that unusual to find garbage out here sadly, not too much, but occasionally a lighter, a piece of plastic or a balloon that blew away. 

What magnificent views! It never ceases to take my breath away, with all the grass and pretty trees still standing in the horizon long after the fire. The sky so bright and clear too, really a breathtaking day. I feel blessed every time I look anywhere! The photos do not do justice to the feeling of crisp air and wind blowing through ones hair, and they cannot capture the sense of being home that I find in the forest or on the mountain top!

I was enjoying myself and hiked to the highest peak around, but the sun was dipping behind the mountain and everything was slowly being covered in the chilly shade, the sunlight faded along with my walk home. 

Lets get home Drea the doggo, lead the way! She matches the grass so well, what a picture friendly dog. 

We pass by the fallen trees when we near the property line, I think that these were once-proud birch trees that guarded this area, which is actually a swamp for a couple months but is now as dry as a bone!

With this we were back at the homestead, and the chickens were up to their funny buisness hanging out on the trailer and under the bushes they love so much. What are you even doing, chicken?

Goodbye for now Steemit, at the time this chicken and Drea were posing for the goodbye photo. They say good-bye and good wishes! They both are so cute! I hope you enjoyed this old adventure from a time in the past, maybe you captured some of the spirit of the mountain on our walk?

All photos here are photographed by me and my puny canon powershot!