Kelowna
Travel Blogs from Kelowna, Canada
The Chick Trip
Su, Rosie, Doris and Maria take a weekend away to explore all the Okanagan beaches and lavender there is to find and visit with a beloved ex-Vancouverie girlfriend, Terri. Bonus features include fresh off the tree cherries and apricots, and ...
Cow Boy Up!!!
... 5 hours from Vancouver but since I am in whistler the trip takes 9 hours as the bus has to go back to Vancouver before heading to kelowna!!! Crazy I know but this is the way it has to be done. So here we go on a night bus are feels like south east Aisa ...
Life So far in Kelowna, Canada
... , We're finished in Canada now and we're off to the USA but look at some of the pictures we've had a wonderful time. Although Kelowna is AMAZING i am sure that i will come back and look at the rest of Canada another time. There isn't many photo's because ...
Last Minute Decisions Are My Favourites
Sleeping in, in a comfortable bed is always nice, and this time was no different. It was our intention at first to get up early and start driving towards Jasper. However, it was too hard for either of us to resist the comfortable feeling of the soft bed ...
Panama to Canada: planes trains and automobiles
... time. All day thursday we made our way thru Oregon then Washington getting off in Seattle at 10pm. Then they loaded all the Canada bound passengers on a bus headed for Vancouver. Finally, I was welcomed at the Canadian border by a 5C icy, breeze, ahhh, ...
Kelowna - the wine region of BC
Bit surprised to hear they made wine in Canada so we thought we'd check it out. Kelowna's a really cute town, right by a lake, a good stop on the Highway to get a good rest in so that's what we did. It was much warmer here and after a hectic ...
Kelowna
Back at Kelowna ! Thank god I got out of the mountain. Back in Kelowna to try and sort out some accommodation, as i've decided to take the job as a lifty at Big White. Met a couple of guys from Sydney Australia in Big White and decided to get a place ...
First week in Canada!
... chilled out a bit...then I came back to the hostel and went for a run along the coast!! And yesterday I travelled from Vancouver to Kelowna...took about 6hours in the greyhound bus, and I managed to sleep for quite a lot of it! But it was a beautiful ...
Retirement Party
Well, we made it to Kelowna, where we retired our car (for a few months). We cleaned it all out and it looks like new, except the odometer. Trip summary to date: - 4 months - 35,000 kms - 10 provinces - 22 ...
Where's your bell when you need it?
... hour drive (by Emma's friend Kate) through the mountains from Vancouver and, despite the darkness - it was a beautiful drive. Kelowna is a really picturesque town set beside the beautiful Okanagan lake and mountains. I took a hike up the smallish ...
Itinerary - very loose
... , AB, where our Suburban will be waiting for us. From here, we'll head to Calgary to spend a few days with friends and family. Sunday, July 13th Return to Kelowna, BC That's the plan. We'll keep you posted on ...
These Shoes Were Made for Runnin'
... or 'Our Running Log' Wills and I have set the goal of running in each of the Canadian provinces. We can check-off BC - we've been running here for a few weeks already. We'll catch Alberta on the way back. The rest, we'll do on ...
Kelowna Chillin
Kelowna, our next destination. It took around 5.5hours to get to the city, crossing over a crazy bridge that looked like a wave. We spent a week here staying with Ryans lovely friends Josh, Kayla and Chloe the dog. Money was starting to get very ...
one 'exciting' week in Kelowna....
... 4 The beautiful sunny weather! It’s actually been a really sunny week, so been for a few walks along the lake which Kelowna is situated on, it’s really scenic; and there are so many ducks here! Highlight 5 Country Western style pub/dancing ...
Kelowna: Car Accident + Strip Malls
... some quiet towns from an older era in the interior of British Columbia; towns like Lillooet and Merritt. We were headed to Kelowna, a city that sounded great It sits on the shore of a lake surrounded by mountains and wineries. Turns out it's not ...
Testing photos and videos
I want to try adding some photos and videos into my blog. Another try at a video: After fiddling around most of the day, trying to get a video into a format and size that is internet-friendly, I finally broke down and bought ...
Longest day in history
Left Auckland Thursday at 7am arrived in Vancouver Thursday at 7:30am. Then it was a drive to Kelowna to see the family for Christmas ...
Goodbye Rockies, Hello Foggy Weather
Monday mornings always mean back to school or work. For Aaron and I it meant back in the truck and continue to Vancouver. His sister was kind to give us a "care-package", to keep us from starving on the way; Like that would ever happen?! ;) The ...
Last leg of the trip
Our goal was to make it back for the Kelowna VBS program in the evening, so we had to get a decent start. What anticipation as we looked forward to getting home. We all agreed that the trip hadn't seemed too long, but it was really time to get ...
Bye-bye Bridge!
The Okanagan Lake Floating bridge which we have used and loved (!) for many years will soon be replaced. In fact, by the time we return from our trip, it will no longer be in use. We decided to take one last trip across the bridge before we ...
It's fun to tour in low season
... still open for tours in the winter. After going for a walk along the water, we headed over to Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna. Chris and I have done many wine tours before, but the one thing we learned today about wine tastings is go to the winery in ...
The Planning Stages
Today, I made the last required transportation reservations for our trip. We now have bus fare paid; plane tickets bought; motorhome #1 lined up; motorhome #2 reserved; minivan reserved; train tickets in hand.... just need to pack! (oh - and ...
The story of Thanksgiving and an 8hr bus ride...
... morning at the dingy greyhound bus station at Banff. A lovely 8hrs journey through the dark of the night later!!!..I arrived into Kelowna at 8am. Granddad and Virginia met me at the bus station and we drove back to the familiar digs of Wintergreen ...
Take off
I leave Kelowna today off to europe to embark on a crazy adventure of travelling, and meeting people and seeing the world.....I can't ...
Kelowna
It's Friday morning and off to Kelowna. So i headed off to the Greyhound bus station to catch the 10am bus. 6 hours on a full bus...not very comfortable or exciting. Arrived around 4pm at the bus depot...here i contemplated where i would stay. The job ...
Kelowna
We spent the next three nights in Kelowna and enjoyed exploring that area. The kids treated us to a Mother's day buffet at the Harvest Golf Club, which was superb, and we followed that with a less than stellar performance on the links. The next day we ...
Winos
... a different joke from each one, as well as running commentary and philosophical musings. Bit different to the states. Anyways, Kelowna was nothing spectacular, but the real reason for stopping off was to sample some wine. So we booked a ...

