Sandman Inn Vernon

Torrance (Shannon) and Todd live in a sumptuous condo - unfurnished, except for a couch and coffee table in the living room, their bed in their room, and the super comfortable guest room bed. But the apartment itself is so beautifully appointed that furniture would seem redundant - and the space is wonderful. Their camper van has been temporarily demoted to transport only, instead of transport and house. Koh ...

... koennte (der regen war eh schon unterwegs) - doch im auto ist es ja bekanntlich schoen warm und trocken. bei uns im haus gibt es viele reisefuehrer, welche unseren gaesten die region schmackhaft machen. also habe ich mir so einen geschnappt und mich mit einem waermenden tee aufs sofa verzogen. der plan stand relativ rasch fest: die rocky mountains hatte ich bis jetzt nur aus dem flugzeug gesehen.. also ab nach revelstoke. dies ist zwar nicht ...

... i estaven tancats fins desembre aixi que vaig haver d'inaugurar la sordida temporada de MOTEL. Com sabeu motel es aquell hotelutxo de carretera on solen hostatjar-se els traficants, parelles furtives o els amics de la peli 'Entre copas' (cita no casual com veureu mes endavant). Tampoc n'hi ha per tant, es net i nomes costa el doble que un alberg. <br>Ja he dit que el poble estava una mica desert, pero aixo li dona un aire de 'Dr en Alaska' que el fa encantador. Jo ...

From Kaslo we went to the Halcyon Hot Springs which is really beautiful but very commercial. Then we headed west to the Okanagon Valley, the banana belt for BC. It's got some great wines too.<br><br>We stopped on the way at Fauquier and played golf at yet another beautiful course.<br>

... forced metaphor. Today we came via a hell of a sunday drive from Kamloops to Vernon that ended a mere 12 hours after it started netting some 80 bird spp - the best birding day of the trip so far. It should have been more if we had completed the entire plan but we obviously spent too much time looking at some of the stuff and places. Great day for waterbirds - saw by ...

... kickstand and gearshifters on dad's bike, putting together the puzzle that is the air compressor, unsuccessfully attempting to locate the P.S.I. rating on the tires, carefully trying to fill them up just enough to support my weight without exploding, going to the kitchen to appease my stomach which knows it's now lunch time, searching for and applying the sunscreen, and cursing at the garage door control for not closing the ...

... den richtigen Flieger geschafft. Mittwoch, 29.11.2006: Kurzer Ausflug nach Deutschland. Da ich (Johannes) aus betrieblichen Gründen einen Termin bei uns im Weingut wahrnehmen musste, kam ich in den Genuss eines kurzen Deutschlandaufenthaltes. Neben den betrieblichen Verpflichtungen ist aber trotzdem noch ein wenig Zeit geblieben um zumindestens kurz ein paar Freunde zu treffen. Ausserdem eroeffnete puenktlich am Abend vor meiner Wiederabreise der Weihnachtsmarkt. Das musste ...

... in a corner, knowing very few people. We ended up having a few bottles of wine (each) and after that, hey presto - king and queen of the ball. I have to say it was a bit embarrassing the next day. There must of been 20 people came up to us and started a conversation about the night before. They all knew us but we didn't know them.. Oooppss. Damn wine - its the devil! A couple of days ago we were laid in bed ...

... a little low - 15 pounds. I checked the front the see what should be in it and well it only had 25 pounds which seemed a little low - and low it was as the two tyres on the other side had 40 pounds in them....ooooppppsss. Tyre repair shop closed til the morning. So we pulled over to one side and decided to change the back tyre and try to get to Banff. As we unloaded the luggage and took out the doughnut we were both down on hands and knees trying to decide where the jack went ...

... hut half underground no taller than 4ft with a hole in the middle for placing heated rocks. the seating was the floor covered with Canadian pine leaves which had the local insect population living in it. Comfy is not a word you would choose to describe this place. In order to get the rocks heated for the sauna we had to extinguish my fire and build a new one in a special way. Huge circular logs were placed around the edge of the fire pit, the middle was then built in a normal fire manner ...