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Better late than never…
Here are some shots of our trip to Marilyn’s home town of Outlook, Saskatchewan. It’s about 60 mile SW of Saskatoon on the South Saskatchewan River. We visited her sister in town, and her brother who is still working the home farm. He has no irrigation so he depends heavily on the whims of the weather, at least more so than those with water… We ran 6 kms twice while we were there on a weekend about a month ago. The weather was very hot and dry, punctuated by severe very localized downpours from small thunderstorms. The neat part was we got to run along the old train trestle which is about a kilometer long and has been converted by the army engineers into a walking bridge as part of the proposed Trans-Canada trail. Here is the sign: The river valley in this area has been home to native american … Continue reading
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I’m in trouble for leaving him out…
I have to say that this leopard was our chaparone and wine advisor throughout the trip and he has taken offense to be left out of the vacation report. So here he is in all his glory. His name is “Longname Nocansay”.
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Vacation Summary Part 2/2
Over three or four days, we visited 22 of the over 70 wineries in the Okanagan area of British Columbia, and one in Washington State called Gold Digger who will be changing their name to Okanagan something or other. Of these wineries there were only 3 we didn’t like very much. One was Gold Digger in Washington State, the others were Inniskillin, Domaine Combrey (soon to be re-named Antelope Ridge), and we were not too impressed with Golden Beaver (this winery was formerly known as Gersighel Wineberg). All of the wine was drinkable but we felt these were sub-average relative to the other wineries. Outstanding wines came from Hester Creek Wineries (by far the best of the best), and the major wineries of Tin Horn Creek, Burrowing Owl, Mission Hill, Gray Monks, and others. Many of the wineries were small producers capable only of limited distribution within BC, but often … Continue reading
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Vacation Summary Part 1/2
Wednesday May 3rd we left Devon and drove to the Okanagan where we camped at Kukuli Campground near Kelwona. We have a lot of experience car camping but we have not done so for a number of years so it was a surprise when we saw the “Mongolian Yurts” available for rent for $60.00 CDN funds per night (sleeps 2 adults, 2 kids). We did not rent one. Apparently very warm and the ventilation is regulated from the inside via the clear bubble on top. The charge for just a tent site was $22.00 CDN. The site had flush toilets, but no showers. Very noisy with lots of car, truck and train traffic through the night. Not my idea of wilderness camping but it was cheaper than a motel. Here is a picture of one of the (I think there were 2 or 3) yurts: We did not see another … Continue reading
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The One Mile Challenge Has Been Met!
What category to put this into? How about weird and weird? Marilyn and I ran our one mile this morning in Montana between miles 69 and 70 on Highway 2 just beside Loon Lake on the highway. We actually ran much farther than that in each of our “one mile runs” but for the record here it is… So we ran in British Columbia, Washington State, Idaho, and Montana. There you go. Here is a picture of Loon Lake where we ran this morning: AND here is a picture of a hummingbird trapped in a campground laundromat in Libby, Montana, which we rescued by opening the window for it…
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In Kelowna at the Bear Creek Campground we went for our first run this morning through the Bear Creek Trail which is about 5 kilometers I think but that’s just a guess based on the scale bar of one of those maps they always have at the trail head. It was a great run, Karen C and Dawn would love it! Lots of ups and downs and a beautiful creek with bridges and falls. We will be doing it again tomorrow. Then it’s off for more wine tasting! Man, my life sucks! Marilyn is quick like a bunny crossing Bear Creek! When Marilyn runs downhill! Some Goof Running Around… And what’s this?!! Monsters!!!! At the Gray Monks Winery yet…
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