Chute Lake Resort
Travel Blogs from Penticton
Sleepy towns
... off-season' thing definitely has a lot of pros and cons. Great that we are getting such cheap accommodation and ridiculously fabulous service, because everyone is so quiet! But also frustrating that we've got limited access to things. It hasn't snowed enough to kick off the ski season, but all the 'summer' activities are closed. Would love to come back and visit some of these places again in the summer time, there would be sooooo much to do!! Speaking of summer, ...
Visiting family in Kelowna
Still dark when we left Banff National
Park but as the sun came up we were treated to
some more amazing mountain scenery. There seems to be no end to it in this part
of the world!
Drove through Yoho National Park
and Kicking Horse
Pass. Very scenic with
mountain trains and rivers coming in and out of view. Just like a postcard.
We stopped ...
Some Random Campsite
... up pulling off of the highway and staying at a pretty remote campsite that night, there were a few horse/cattle farms around us, and a couple of RV’s spread along the river, but no one else was in tents or anywhere near our site location. We got to see an owl on a close lamppost on the way into the site, as well as cows on the road, and enjoyed the beautiful Northern Lights in the evening, although only for a few ...
Wine Tasting
We took it easy today after the wedding celebrations from the night before. My dad started feeling better. So, we thought the sickness was done. Plans for the evening were to go wine tasting at a venue as part of the wine festival. Two taxis were organized. One got there. The ...
The road to Penticton
... With help like that, who needs anything more? So...the journey west... We stopped off at Anaconda Cafe just past Greenwood (you know the place), where the breakfast was freshly made and just delicious. But never eat a pancake bigger than your head is what I've learnt from that. At the base of the Okanagan wine region is Osoyoos. There are sinister links here with Kimberley, as Osoyoos has decided it's just like Little Mexico. ...