Thursday, September 12, 2013

Wed and Thur Sept 11/12 - Osoyoos to Creston


   Wednesday Sept 11 2013

Final Wine tasting in Okanagan. Sigh!
Today was a day to take things a little easier, ready for the big drive tomorrow. Janice stayed home to do the blog and rest her ankle and the other three musketeers headed off the Desert Cultural Centre for a quick tour and interpretive walk, after which they enjoyed a presentation on snakes (lots of snakes here). After a quick lunch we all headed to town and Janice got her wish of a last visit to her FAVOURITE winery (as far as the red wines go) … Young and Wyse …. Just the best red wines that they tried in the Okanagan…. GO if you can.  It is run by a couple. Michelle Young and Steve Wyse…. Very talented wine maker/oenologist. Cab Sauv. is amazing, as is the Merlot.
After the winery we headed in to town for a quick visit to Home Hardware, Gas fill up and a few bits for the trip tomorrow.  Sad to leave the Okanagan, but so grateful to have had the opportunity to explore it with close friends and enjoy fabulous weather.

 Thursday Sept 12th - Osoyoos, Okanagan to Creston

The Rig ready to roll out of Nk"Mip RV Park

Viewpoint over Kootenay Valley
We were up and on the road with a packed lunch by 9:15am… And of we went, climbing easily out of Osoyoos and up into the mountains (Selkirk) and then into the Kootenays   The drive to Creston BC was magnificent and Janice managed to drive for a couple of hours, her ankle being much improved.  We stopped at a couple of viewpoints along the way and ate our sandwiches on the go, Arriving at Mountain Park Campground and RV  Park mid-afternoon. We checked the internet to find that the time was one hour different and so we adjusted ourselves by eating dinner at 6pm “local” time, only to discover that by some freak of local ingenuity the valley had voted NOT to join in daylight savings time, so the time had not in fact changed…. But it was different 45 km further along the road… confused yet??? We were!!!

Had a great fire that night. Sunken fire-pit. Nice!
Derek-2 striking a pose
More Views of site
Again, Janice stayed at the site while the other three went on a short hike.  She was happily humming away making supper when Derek came flying in the door demanding paper towels, compresses etc etc. Apparently, Lin was tramping along the trail heading back with her head down, focusing on the ground and did not see a fallen branch overhead across the path and cut her head, which resulted in an impressive blood-letting, putting the two Derek’s into a bit of a panic.  After some TLC  and cleaning up she seemed fine… Thank goodness… it could have been pretty nasty. We lit a wood fire after supper and played a game of password. I will not say who won but a rematch is definitely on the cards… we laughed until we cried a few times. What a great day.


And Again

And again (see wood carving.. all over campground)


Unidentified guest hanging on to rig

SOLD!!!!

Out on the walk after setting up camp

Derek -2 practicing his balance in the stream

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