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Travel Blogs from Summerland, Canada
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visiting family
For the next four days I am in Summerland, B.C. visiting family. Last night we had a suprise birthday party for Dad at my brother, Duanes, restaurant. We managed to pull it off, Dad had no idea! Lots of old friends and family were there, some I hadn't ...
Car Trip!!
... weeks before. All our neighbors were outside saying good-bye to us. One of our neighbors told us all that today Summerland was the hot spot in the Okanagan. We were all sweating like crazy. We almost got out of Summerland then we ...
Mission Statement
"Why?" Just thought I would answer an often asked question, for myself as much as for others. A year away from school, work and the structure of everyday life has so much to offer us as a family. Not to mention exposing the kids to the rest ...
Our Travel Dates and Places (Roughly)
July 1-12 Vancouver July 12-13 Seattle July 13- Sept 17th Mexico, Belize, Guatemala Sept 18 - Nov 10th Peru Nov 10th - Nov 18th Los Angles Nov 20th - Jan 23rd, 2009 New Zealand Jan 23rd - March 15th India March 15th - ...
MISSION COMPLETE!!
... 's parents and brother and his children, celebrated my mom's birthday in Merritt on the 26th and then ended 2009 in our home in Summerland. It is now New Year's Day and I am trying to write our last travel blog that is going to sum up our ...
Hurry Up and Wait!!
Time until Monday, June 30, 2008 (Vancouver time) 15 days 373 hours 22402 minutes 1344125 seconds ........I guess we are counting the time until we leave......However becasue we have so many little details to arrange before leaving I ...
Finally, the commitment!
The Beginning of the story: Sometime back in the winter of 2008, sitting on a chairlift at Silver Star Resort in Vernon, B.C., an idea was hatched (by Meggie) to abandon all responsibilities, including work and school, and travel the world. The idea was ...
The end of one journey (the start of another)
It has been a few weeks now and we are settling back into our life at home. It is summer in the Okanagan and a wonderful time and place to return. We are truly blessed. Clean water that you can drink from the tap (at least at the moment). Water you can ...
Counting our blessings and packing
As it nears Christmas, we are in the last stages of a triple agenda (getting travel plans pulled together, pulling together the house, work commitments etc for our absence, and enjoying the busy holiday season). In the midst of all of this, we have the ...
Day 3...Haley's 6th Bday = Nat'l Holiday
Day 3 begins with me working on getting my summer school co-op marks done and emailed back to North Bay. Sitting on the deck out front after a quick breakie and with a strong cup of Tim's coffee...Michael is going to hound the neigbours up the street ...
Okanagan Wine Fest 2010!
... no jobs, no address, no possessions (except what we carry on our backs), and no concrete schedule. We will be starting out in Canada, heading to the Okanagan and then Winnipeg. After this we will go to the Gold Coast of Australia for a wedding and to see ...
Nature watching
It is confirmed - I will be visiting Vancouver, not sure when, but it will happen. ...
Holidaying in Canadian Monaco
The Okanogan Valley is like the playground for Canada's elite. It is full of lawyers driving vintage sports cars between their condos and the beach and people tour the wineries sampling and buying bottles of wine to take home. People from nearby Alberta ...
Day 2 - When in Rome...Go to the Beach, and dinner
Today began early (5:45 local). Rooster crowing from neighbour's orchard...very quaint. Woke to Mike and twins watching TreeHouse and quickly gulped a rich cup of locally roasted coffee (heaven)...roastery a 2 min walk up the street. Today is beach ...
Day 4 Summerland
Slept in til 7 this morning - the time change and hyper-activity are wearing us out! Girls went to Penticton to develop film and return some books. Dads refereed ALL the kids and searched in vain for Steve's lost caamera case. More to come after ...
The Roads to Barkerville
... which should take me about 15-20 minutes, I crank the music throw my shoulders back say a quick prayer and off i go to Summerland...I did it i followed Alice's directions to a t and flew by their house. The drive to their house is along side the water ...
Travel Day
... on the plane in the air by 8:30 am. Arrive in Van and on to Kelowna for 1:30 (mtn). An hour to BerrisfordCompund in Summerland and relaxed instantly after a LONG day of travel. Kicked around then up to Giant's head for a short hike and pic's with kids. ...
More Photos
These photographs are of cows and also of Hardy Falls in a village called Peachland. We saw the freshwater salmon coming up the stream to spawn. Sadly they all die and its ...
Greyhound through the Rockies
... delights as a Chinese Smorgasbord and Talkin’ Donkey; the Coffee house with a cause. I finally arrived at Summerland feeling exhausted and confused by the number of people who seemed to be shaking my hand and hugging ...
Read, Set, GO! - SLOOOOW!
... Cirque du Soleil, Whitecaps Soccer game etc. We had packed a lot of fun into a short period of time and then driving back to Summerland on August 31st it began to sink in that we were had a lot to figure out by morning. Since we had rented our ...
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