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    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos

      Golden

      October 8, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Made a stop in Golden. I wanted to see where Regan and Cam spent their honeymoon. It was a lovely town with quite a big system of urban trails. It would be worth staying there for a day or two just to do the trails. We strolled around for about an hour and then got back on the road.
      Although this trip is lasting a few more days this will probably be the last post. We are doing visiting more than sightseeing for the rest of the trip.      Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos
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      Revelstoke

      October 8, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

      Today we left Revelstoke and are on our way to Canmore to visit one of Ger's lifelong buddies. We had a couple of very windy days to start this trip and since then the sky has been sunny, the winds have been calm and a few days were warm. Today was cloudy and cool and a bit rainy. I even pulled out my down coat. I actually thought I had unnecessarily packed it, but today I needed it.
      Revelstoke seems to me to be a combo working and tourist town. There seems to be enough industry in the area to keep people working, with added bonus of year round touristy stuff. It is definitely a place for the younger and more adventurous with rock climbing, ziplining, mountain biking, skiing, etc. And then lots of opportunities for places to drink afterwards.
      Most of my pictures today were taken on the road. I was enjoying the clouds in the mountains.      Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos

      Mission Hills Winery

      October 7, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      First stop today was Mission Hills Winery. It was vastly different than the winery we visited yesterday. A very large operation with pristine gardens and buildings. It worth the stop just to see the Okanagan Valley and Lake from the top of this small mountain (maybe it's a hill). It's hard to tell the difference here. As we left thevwinery I said to Ger that it's nice to see how the other 2% lives.
      We then drove off to 50th Parallel Winery. The road traveled along the lake. It was nice to drive on a less busy road. After a quick tasting Ger bought a bottle of wine that could be drank now but will be better in a year.
      We continued on this road until we got to Vernon and then had to go back to the main highway to get to Revelstoke. We left Kelowna at 9:00 am and got to Revelstoke at 5:00. Not bad for a 2.5 hour drive.      Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos
      Ger's favourite type of tree on this trip. Seems to be a lot.

      Knox Mountain Park

      October 6, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      Knox Mountain Park was another suggestion give to us by our enthusiastic visitor centre host. It is Kelowna's nature park that has a few trails. We took a stroll along the lake. There were also some trails going up the mountain but we opted out of those. We had a lovely walk along the Okanagan Lake. Another nice ending to a nice day.Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos

      Vibrant Vines Winery

      October 6, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Today we started to make our way home. Like the rest of this trip we are trying to keep the daily drives to 2-3 hours. It usually takes us way longer to get to our destination because we are making stops at places that seem interesting. Now that I said that, I don't have any photos from today's stops.

      Our first stop in Kelowna was the visitor centre. The young man who helped us was very enthusiastic and gave us really good suggestions of things we could do for the afternoon.
      Ger wanted to check out a winery or two, so we went to the one that had the most unique description, Vibrant Vines Winery. The unique thing about this winery is that the labels are 3D.
      One of the staff described this winery as a retirement project that got a little out of hand. A winery was purchased and then the owner asked his son, who is an artist, to design the labels. The son has a very unique artistic style. His friends discovered that his artwork was 3D. So that was a happy accident . The winery doubles as an art gallery for the son. His work is amazing, and may be influenced by hallucinagenics.
      Ger took part in a wine tasting. I was wishing I could taste the wines. The descriptions made the wines sound wonderful and they smelled awesome. Ger assures me that all the drinks tasted good.
      I'm glad this is the winery we picked to go see. Also, the grounds were lovely. It was very inviting to stroll around outside to see the vineyards.      Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos
      The hair wreath
      Lots of flowers still blooming nicely.

      Things around Osoyoos

      October 5, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      We did a bit of wandering around Osoyoos. I did a short visit to the museum. They had a lot of interesting artifacts. The most interesting one was a hair wreath. It is actually a wreath made of hair. Hair wreaths were usually made of a person's hair to honour them after they passed.
      We also strolled a park that overlooks swiws Provincial Park. A nice way to end a busy day. Tomorrow we start heading back home.      Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos

      Nk'mip Cultural Centre

      October 5, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Later in the afternoon we took a drive to Nk'mip Cultural Centre. Nk'mip is the indigenous name for this desert. At the centre we learned about the indigenous people of this area and how they are preserving their culture. I was quite struck by the statues that led to their trails. The animals looked so real and some were hidden. I think I found them all but I can't be sure.
      The cultural center is part of a bigger complex. There is a rather large resort, vineyards, wine cellars, and a restaurant that specializes in highlighting local indigenous food. It is quite the operation.
      We wandered around the area for quite a while. I tried very hard to walk on the trails but turned around because I'm pretty sure I heard rattle snakes. We were there at the warmest part of the day and there were signs out alerting people that were snakes in the area. Yuch, couldn't do it. I'm pretty sure cowboy boots are to keep your ankles from being bit.      Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos
      View from the peninsula.
      So many orchards.The end of the peninsula.View of the peninsula from a park in Osoyoos.

      swiws Provincial Park

      October 5, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Nope that title is not a typo. That is the word the indigenous people use to describe this area. This provincial park is on the edge of Osoyoos. Swiws means a place where it is shallow or narrow in the middle of the lake. The park is a peninsula that juts out into the Osoyoos Lake. It is quite small and we walked through pretty much the whole thing. Pretty much just campsites, with most beside the lake. Poison ivy is rampant there so we now know what it looks like. We had a nice walk on nice warm afternoon.Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos

      Spotted Lake

      October 5, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      We started the day by taking a drive in the area. Our first stop today was Spotted Lake. This lake is sacred to the Okanagan indigenous people. It is high in minerals. When the water in the lake evaporates it leaves small pools of mineral filled water. The lake is not open to the public but it can be seen from a viewpoint off the highway. Although we are in Canada and in the mountains this area really feels like we are in different country.
      We continued on and did a little one hour loop back to Osoyoos. It was a nice way to start a day of exploring.      Read more

    • JoAnne GelowitzTravelerThe Road to Osoyoos
      This was taken outside but it was pretty much the view from our room in Nelson.
      The park beside our hotel.Brilliance Rest Area pic 1Brilliance Rest Area pic 2Car outside of the Copper EagleOur lunch spotRandom shopSome Greenwood Halloween decorationsFirst view of Osoyoos.The last hairpin turn before Osoyoos. There were quite a few after Greenwood.

      Nelson to Osoyoos

      October 4, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

      Today we drove from Nelson to Osoyoos. We made two memorable stops.
      The first was a rest stop called Brilliance a half hour out of Nelson. It had a beautiful view of the Kootenay River.
      The second stop was in a small town called Greenwood. A young lady in Kimberly suggested we stop at the Copper Eagle Bakery. It was a good suggestion. Ger had homemade soup for lunch and I bought a loaf of sour dough bread for our breakfasts for the next couple of days. The town, like many towns in BC, had a quirky charm about.
      Got to Osoyoos about mid afternoon. We spent the rest of the afternoon familiarizing ourselves with the area. Everyone we have talked to that lives here seems to be very proud of the warm temperatures here. More about Osoyoos tomorrow.      Read more

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