Lakeside Oasis Day 1
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Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in south central BC. It’s the province’s 3rd largest city next to Vancouver and Victoria. It has a similar climate to Vancouver but is much drier in the summer.
Kelowna produces wines that have received international recognition. Vineyards are common around and south of the city where the climate is ideal for the many wineries. It is also very bike friendly.
My wife’s brother lives in Vancouver and recently spent time in Kelowna. He gave us quite the positive scouting report on it!
And so on Odyssey Day 22 we have to regroup. Waterton Lake in Alberta is crossed off the list. The original plan calls for a drive from Waterton over to Kelowna, BC with one stop in between. It appears we are closer to Kelowna now and making the camping stop in Wynndel, BC would involve backtracking a fair amount.
The decision is made to proceed directly to Kelowna.
Thankfully the 3+ hour drive goes without incident. It’s a beautiful drive straight up 395 and Rte 33 along the Kettle River. I’m thinking maybe we will camp along there one day! Some winding mountainous roads but the RV handles that well. The border crossing into Canada is pretty smooth. It’s a very small checkpoint and contrary to the stories we had heard of customs officers emptying RV’s of everything, it was nothing like that. We just declared our 2 bottles of wine and off we went!
Coming up over the mountains into the Okanagan Valley was like approaching a huge oasis. We had kind of a difficult last few days, and we decided to park ourselves at a nice hotel and splurge a little. Cathy had a bunch of Marriot points so we stay at the famous Delta Resort and Casino for 3 nights. Then we would be back on track going forward. Remember folks, it all happens for a reason 😊
Thanks for reading!
DrDave
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