As it turned out we got o Bromley Rock and stopped in for 45 minutes or so. The little guy liked seeing the water and we enjoyed being able to stretch our legs. We ate lunch there, and were lucky enought o snag one of the remaining shaded areas. When we first arrived there were only a couple cars in the lot, but by the time we left it was quite packed. Eating our lunch on the sandy beach was a great relaxer too. Back in the car our next break was in Rock Creek (another 45 minute break out of the car that included milkshakes for us), then we motored on to Nelson.
Our stay in Nelson was heavenly. No major plans, good eats, visiting and fun with family. Sprout got to spend some quality time with his cousin, and we got to introduce his Uncle to Weboggle (sorry about that Auntie).
We went on an awesome (and warm) walk along the Kootenay Canal. At the end of the canal was a power generation plant. I had a great time walking along taking pictures, and Sprout enjoyed being carted around in his new backpack. Sox and I picked it up specifically for the trip.
All my Nelson pics are here.
We also had a picnic lunch at the Lakeside Park, and watched a childrens entertainer for a while. He was having some technical difficulties with his assistant, and was not handling it well (IMO). He seemed a little short with the assistant, and quite frankly was rude to him. Strange.
All too soo we packed everyone and everything into the car again and headed down to Penticton to watch Ironman. While we were in Nelson our stay was very enjoyable and was the right length, yet as we were getting ready to leave I couldn’t help but think it was a short stay. I find those mind tricks very strange.
Nelson was fun, and Sox and I hope that this will become a bit of a summer ritual where the cousins get to visit.