Fernie Grand Hotel And Residence
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Cranbrook: Gateway to the Kootenay Rockies
... I took a weekend to do so and had a lovely time.
Cranbrook is situated in the middle of the 16 km (10 mile) broad Rocky Mountain Trench in southeastern British Columbia, close to Alberta and Idaho, The relatively level ground of the Cranbrook town-site and "big sky" openness this bestows belie the majestic mountains that frame the valley and dominate the region -- the Purcell Range to ...
Gotta Get Outta This Country
... and found a campsite.
This morning I am writing from an RV park in Skookumchuck, BC about an hour and a half from the Montana border. We drove through more of BC’s beautiful country yesterday. We could have crossed the border late yesterday, but we chose to spend one more night in Canada. This gave us a chance to clean the refrigerator before the border agents do it for ...
Back on Canadian soil
... barking dogs. We all left the scene as did the dogs. Experienced my first 'jaffle' which is what we would call a grilled cheese sandwich. We had dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant. Finally a place that DIDN'T serve rice or noodles :). An early morning adventure took Terry & I to the Mt. Batur volcano. We left our villa at 2 a.m. and travelled 2 hours from Seminyuk to the base of the volcano. At 4 a.m. we started our 2 1/2 ...
Day 3: Nelson to Cranbrook
... the original town as well as reconstructed buildings that would have been typical to the area between 1890-1905. The site is another 'must-see' on this trip. When you pay your admission, you will receive a "Welcome to Fort Steele" newspaper which includes a guide for walking the townsite. I found it did a good job of introducing a number of the buildings.
Fort Steele is a time capsule of ...
Curling
... has 4 stones closest to the middle then they win by 4. If they only win by 1 then they get 1 point and so on.
We played around 6 ends and our team won 4 of them!! I managed to get 2 of the wins myself and almost a third but the other team knocked my stone out of the way on their last shot! I was gutted!!
It was really good fun and extremely addictive! I can definately see myself doing that again!!
Check out some photos and see how good I look!!!
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BEST WESTERN PLUS Fernie Mountain Lodge
1622 7th Avenue, Fernie | 3 star hotelfrom $174 -
Park Place Lodge
742 Highway #3, Fernie | Hotelfrom $109 -
The Wolfs Den Lodge
5339 Ski Hill Road, Fernie | 2 star hotelfrom $130 -
Kimbers Timbers Home
5205 Highline Drive, Fernie | Hotel -
Kodiak Lodge Home
5210 Highline Drive, Fernie | Hotel -
Red Tree Lodge
1101 7th Avenue, Fernie | 3 star hotelfrom $98 -
Lizard Creek Lodge
#5346 Highline Drive, Fernie | 4 star hotelfrom $108 -
Griz Inn Sport
5369 Ski Hill Road, Fernie | Hotelfrom $179 -
Cornerstone Lodge
5339 Ski Hill Road, Fernie | Hotel -
Fernie Hotel and Pub
691 1st Avenue, Fernie | Hotel -
Cedar Ridge Estates
5388 Highline Drive, Fernie | Hotelfrom $218 -
Snowman Chalet House
4412 Timberline Crescent, Fernie | Hotel -
Stone Creek Chalets
Boomerang Way, Fernie | Hotelfrom $184 -
Timber Falls Condominiums
5258 Highline Drive, Fernie | Hotel -
Pinnacle Ridge Resort
5547 Vanlerberg Road, Fernie | Hotel -
Thunder Ridge Chalets
5304 Highline Drive, Fernie | Hotel -
Travelodge Three Sisters
401 Hwy 3, Fernie | 1 star hotelfrom $69