Welcome to the last camping trip — er, Sunday — in July! This week’s photos were taken eleven months ago at a little lake on the British Columbia/ Washington border. We’d planned another campout for early July this year, but life happened, so I dug back in my archives for an earlier excursion! I love this lake since it is big enough for paddling but small enough to circumnavigate easily. I also love it because of the high alpine smells and the wildlife we often see, like this moose on the far side of the lake our first morning.
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The second morning, we awoke to this lovely thick fog, which cast a holy hush on the lake. So, so beautiful.
Last Week on Inspy Romance
On Monday, Andrea Boyd offered a peek into a forever type of romance.
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Tuesday: Merrillee Whren (Front Match, Back Matter, What Does It Matter?)
Wednesday: Narelle Atkins
Thursday: Laurie Larsen (Finding God’s Message Through His Word)
Friday: Sally Bayless (Fiction and Crochet)
Saturday: Shannon Taylor Vannatter
Another glimpse of wildlife across the lake! A doe and still-spotted fawn…
New Releases
July 2020
Hope for Love (Hope Ranch 3) by Elizabeth Maddrey
The Truth About Fame (Faith & Fortune 2) by Toni Shiloh
Poppy’s Proposal (Bloom Sisters Book 2) by Tara Grace Ericson
Finding Love for the Loner (Matchmaking Moms of Oceanview Church 2) by Laurie Larsen
Second Chance Forgiveness (Pinecrest 3) by Merrillee Whren
August 2020
Finding Love for the Workaholic (Matchmaking Moms of Oceanview Church 3) by Laurie Larsen
The Price of Dreams (Faith & Fortune 3) by Toni Shiloh
Sing with Me (Seaside Chapel 3) by Jan Thompson
Here’s a look at the lake with the fog dissipating. The moose and deer photos were taken clear across on the other side! I love my camera. And I love this spot. Here’s hoping we’ll be headed back there later this summer…
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
Love the wildlife pictures!
Nice photos. I crossed the border from Vancouver to Washington state. The border check point asked if I had food and I said some candies and vegemite. He said and that hardly counts as a food. I loved watching the scenery.
Beautiful photos.
Beautiful photos! As always, thank you for sharing 😊
Love these pics!!! Thanks for sharing your beautiful pics with us!
Thank you! It’s a real treat for us to see moose, especially.
Now you’ve made me laugh LOL. I guess the border patrol folks CAN have a sense of humor :D
Thanks :)
I’m glad you’ve enjoyed them :)
I’ve been happy to bring everyone along :)
Beautiful! Thanks!
Thanks for coming by :)
Wonderful pictures Valerie! I especially love the moose one, what a sight that would have been. :-) I also love the firepit and little wood pier in the background with your kayak all ready to go. I’m relaxed just looking at them!
I had few of these books already, but picked up a couple of more. Thanks for the link!
I, too, love seeing the fog shrouding the landscape. We have that often here on the Oregon coast where I live. It’s both eerie and beautiful at the same time! I hate when it dissipates because it’s just so lovely to see. I hope you do get to go back later this summer, it looks so peaceful and relaxing!
Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you all have a blessed week
I love the fog, too. In November, we hit the coast at Arcata, California, after dark and woke up the next morning to such dense fog we joked we weren’t even at the ocean! It did clear off somewhat as we drove north, but by the time we got to Cape Perpetua, it was closed in again. The spouting horns were just visible, so eerie! And then we had to turn inland to get home the next day.
Congratulations to the winner ! Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos of such beautiful places.
Thank you for coming by :)
wonderful waterscapes
Thank you!
Our kids were stationed in Alaska at one point and they asked me “You know what they call little sports cars up here? Moose ramps.” Such fun.
Beautiful pics as always. Thanks.
He could see how stressed I was. On the bus they said non Canadians had to fill in a form so to go first. But when I asked he said I didn’t need to cos I had the paperwork for Canada. Well I did have to and I thought I may so I tried to get closer to the front of the cue but the ones in front wouldn’t let me get there (I was at the back of the bus) so I get there and yes I need to fill in the form and pay to enter the States I think it was $7 and thankfully I had $10 American. But they were really caring and helpful. And yes the laugh was really helpful. I was only staying for the 4 nights so didn’t have very much luggage which was a help.
You live in a beautiful part of our world!
That’s one I hadn’t heard! Thanks for the chuckle :)
We sure do! I’m glad you’ve enjoyed “coming along!”
I guess the moral of the story is that we need to be ready for anything when crossing an international boundary!
What absolutely lovely photos! Each one makes me wish I was there. ❤️ I enjoy giving thanks for the free & simple things in life. A lovely view always causes me to stop & praise H8m who made it.
Thanks for sharing those!
Thanks for coming along, Penelope :)