#okanagan valley

[pennanbrae]

The sky lights up as the road stretches out.

#sky #night #Okanagan #Kelowna #midnight #okanagan valley #nighttime #view #empty road #empty streets #Spotify

[canuckgirltravels]

Things to See and Do in Western Canada

Western Canada is a region brimming with natural beauty, vibrant cities, and a rich cultural heritage. From the majestic Rocky Mountains to the picturesque coastlines, this part of Canada offers a plethora of experiences for travelers seeking adventure, relaxation, and exploration. In this guide, I will take you on a journey through some of the best things to see and do in Western Canada, uncovering its hidden gems along the way.

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#canada #british columbia #alberta #canada travel #banff #calgary #vancouver #edmonton #jasper #okanagan valley

[mooseyells]

a sunday drive in the okanagan valley

#tanya takes a picture #okanagan valley #photography #i took these from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle lmao

[jacksoncrabb]

Playing Winery Roulette in West Kelowna, British Columbia

Playing Winery Roulette in West Kelowna, British Columbia

The Okanagan Valley has always held a special place in our hearts as we’ve been coming down to southern BC since we moved to Calgary back in 2007. Its a shortish drive from Alberta to British Columbia and in the twenty-plus road trips to this gorgeous valley we have spent less than five percent of our time in, around or near Kelowna. More than likely our choice to surpass the Kelowna area is to…

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#Aaron JacksonCrabb #Beaumont Family Estate Winery #British Columbia #Grizzli Winery #okanagan valley #Penticton #road trip #Roulette #travel #West Kelowna #Winery

[mywinepal]

Quick Review: BC's Valley Commons Cabernet Franc 2018

Quick Review: BC's Valley Commons #Cabernet Franc 2018 @bcwine #bcwine #somm #winelover #okanagan

Two years ago Valley Commons, a new BC winery, launched at the new District Wine Village in the south Okanagan.  I visited the winery and the Village in the Fall to taste their inaugural vintages which Mark Simpson of BC Wine Studio crafted.  I picked up a bottle of their Valley Commons Cabernet Franc 2018 to take home.  I opened the wine this past weekend and was quite impressed with the ongoing…

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#bcvqa #BCWine #cabernet franc #District Wine Village #okanagan #Valley Commons

[thefactsofthematter]

this is a long shot but if any of y’all are from the maritimes and have recs for things to do and/or eat in halifax, hit a gal up please 😁👍

#im going there for the first time on saturday!! ill be in town for a week but won’t have much free time so i wanna make the most of it #trying to collect ideas from every possible source lol #info: i won’t have a car but i will have a transit pass! which includes the ferry to dartmouth #side note im also going to the okanagan valley this summer!! if anyone has recs for the kelowna/kamloops area!!

[wine-porn]

Butter Me Up

Put a lil Canada in your glass! Deep golden straw in the glass, a nose rather closed-in but many slight elemnts peeking out. Decanting a Chard is not common around here, but these wines are typically not shy. And–as usual–drinking it quite *warm*, around 65: probably 20 degrees above what most would. Generous toasty, buttery nuances gradually evolve, along with black tea and herbs de Provence…

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#British columbian wine #Canada #Chardonnay #Desert Hills Winery #Oaky Chardonnay #okanagan #Okanagan Valley wines #PNW wine #Stephen McConnell Wine Blog #Steve McConnell Wine Blog #Ursa Major #wine1percent

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Environment Canada has issued 25 air quality alerts for British Columbia, amid raging wildfires and a provincial state of emergency. The federal weather agency is warning that the smoke will last another 24 to 48 hours. Even in low concentrations, wildfire smoke can be harmful to human health. The alerts cover virtually all of Vancouver Island south of Port McNeill, all of the Sunshine Coast apart from Howe Sound, the entire Lower Mainland, and all of the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon. It also includes the Lakes District, Stuart-Nechako and North Thompson regions, as well everything south of that in B.C.’s Interior, the Okanagan, and the Kootenays.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#wildfires #bc wildfires #cdnpoli #canada #canadian news #climate crisis

[onenicebugperday]

@bae-squad-is-life submitted: Saw this dude as I was taking my dog outside. Never seen one before.

Any idea what it is? I'm in the Okanagan valley in British columbia.

What a lovely, spiny friend! It's a mourning cloak butterfly :)

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #butterfly #caterpillar #larva #mourning cloak #shout out to the earwig and piece of a millipede

[ker4unos]

INDIGENOUS FIRST NATIONS RESOURCES

The Anthropological Masterlist is HERE.

The First Nations people are Indigenous Canadians that are neither Inuit nor Métis. 

ABENAKI ─ “The Abenaki people are an Indigenous First Nations and North American people. They are native to Quebec and the northeast United States.” ─ Abenaki Culture ─ Abenaki Language ─ Abenaki Dictionary

COWICHAN ─ “The Cowichan people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the Cowichan valley on Vancouver Island.” ─ Cowichan Information ─ Quamichan Information

CREE ─ “The Cree people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the west of Lake Superior.” ─ Cree Information ─ Cree Culture ─ Cree Language

IROQUOIS ─ “The Iroquois, or the Haudenosaunee, people are an Indigenous First Nations confederacy of people. They are native to northeastern North America.” ─ Iroquois Religion and Mythology

HAIDA ─ “The Haida people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the Haida Gwaii off the coast of British Columbia.” ─ Haida Culture ─ Haida Language ─ Haida Dictionary

MI’KMAQ ─ “The Mi’kmaq people are a First Nations people. They are native to the Northeastern Woodlands.” ─ Mi’kmaq Culture ─ Mi’kmaq History ─ Mi’kmaq Language

NOOTKA ─ “The Nuu-chah-nulth, or Nootka, people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada.” ─ Nootka Language ─ Nootka Language Font ─ Nootka Dictionary

NUXALK ─ “The Nuxalk, or Bellacoola, people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to Bella Coola in British Columbia.” ─ Nuxalk Information ─ Nuxalk Language ─ Nuxalk Phonetics

OJIBWE ─ “The Ojibwe, or Saulteaux, people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to southern Canada and parts of the Midwest United States.” ─ Ojibwe Information ─ Ojibwe Dictionary ─ Ojibwe Dictionary

SECWEPEMC ─ “The Secwépemc, or Shuswap, people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to the Shuswap Country in British Columbia, Canada.” ─ Shuswap Information ─ Shuswap Language

SYILX ─ “The Syilx, or Okanagan, people are an Indigenous First Nations and North American people. They are native to Washington state and British Columbia, Canada.” ─ Okanagan Legend of the Bear Woman ─ Okanagan Legend of the Dirty Boy ─ Okanagan Language

TSIMSHIAN ─ “The Tsimshian people are an Indigenous First Nations people. They are native to coastal British Columbia and Alaska in the Pacific Northwest.”  ─ Tsimshian Culture ─ Tsimshian Mythology

#resources #abenaki #cowichan #cree #iroquois #haida #mi'kmaq #nootka #nuxalk #ojibwe #secwepemc #syilx #tsimshian

[world-of-wales]

CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2016

27 SEPTEMBER 2016 || The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William flew to Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley on the fourth day of their Canadian Tour.

#catherines style files #style files 2016 #canada tour 16 #day 4 canada tour 16 #mine. #catherine in dolce and gabbana. #dolce and gabbana. #catherine in dolce & gabbana #dolce & gabbana. #monica vinader. #catherine wearing monica vinader. #green onyx siren wire earrings. #green onyx siren earrings #cartier. #ballon bleu watch. #lk bennet. #ray ban. #kelowna visit 16 #mission hill winery 16 #taste of british columbia festival 16 #university of british columbia okanagan 16 #british royal family #british royals #royalty #kate middleton #royal #royal fashion #princess catherine #princess of wales #27.09.2016

[pennanbrae]

Fall harvest is in full swing.

#harvest #pumpkins #squash #gourd #pumpkin #autumn #gourds #fall harvest #okanagan valley #vernon #okanagan #vegetables #colourful #veggies #fall colours #Spotify

[charlesandmartine]

Friday 30th June 2023

Happy Birthday Amanda.

Up early because we were changing locations, but first we needed to get this troublesome tyre sorted. Mr Enterprise said we needed to take it to their preferred tyre provider KAL Tires. They were on route to our next location and in Penticton, some 6 or seven miles away. We rocked up on the forecourt just after eight in the morning just after they opened for the day. They were rammed packed and really couldn't commit to a finish time, so given that Mr Enterprise couldn't provide a replacement car, we had to get it fixed; after all we had a date with the Kettle Valley Heritage Railway. All aboard at 10.30 sharp. Basically we had very little time to hang around tyre emporiums. Mr Enterprise gave us an alternative, Fountains Tires just around the corner. They were very nice, but also very nicely sucked their teeth and said you wouldn't believe how busy they were today. We agreed we wouldn't, but what could they do for us. I left Martine to be a little tarty and explain that it would ruin our holiday if we couldn't be on the road in an hour.

They cracked on, fixed it and refused to charge us!!

We were on our way; 20 km to the railway, stuck in traffic, sweltered in the building heat, screamed into the railway yard at 10.26, the engine whistle sounding in that maunful North American sort of way they have a habit to do. Slung the credit card at the ticket lady and ran down the platform as the guard shouted 'all aboard '. I parked the car.

The train took us 10km along the standard guage track from Summerland along the original Kettle Valley Railway Line (the same line as the trail we walked 2 days ago) passing farms, wineries (the Dirty Laundry Winery), rivers and forests. The 104 year old engine, now converted to run on oil, was uncoupled at Trout Bridge Canyon and brought us back again. Not originally on this line but as a 4-8-0 would have had similar capability to an engine required to pull heavy ore up a 2° gradient. We thoroughly enjoyed our journey, the ticket inspector gave a running commentary and spent some time sitting talking to us. He said that it was the UK that was inspirational in the establishment of Heritage lines in Canada, although some were struggling and could face closure. The traveller's faces reflecting the same glazed little boy enthusiasm you meet anywhere in the world as soon as a steam engine puffs around the bend.

After lunch we set sail for our next two night stop in Salmon Arm. To get here we had to travel the long winding road alongside the complete 84 mile length of Lake Okanagan, momentarily stopping at 'Save-on-Foods' store to pick up supplies in Kelowna and walk along the lakeside at Peachland, another of our old friend Mr Robinson's town creations. The bright shiny supermarket more than adequately provided us with a rubbery chicken and a most fine selection of locally produced Canadian SB. It has, I would like to confirm, proved exceedingly pleasing on the palette and could well be the start of a long and fruitful relationship.

Our bed for the next 2 nights is in a very well appointed basement with an agreeable outdoor space from where this missive is being crafted.

ps well over 30° C again today.

pps Canada is proving more and more pleasing as we progress north. 200km today

ppps we bought some Tim Tams.

pppps it's Canada Day tomorrow.

[fleurcareil]

BC: East Kootenay

When I left Nelson, there was no longer ash falling on the car but still a lot of smoke and the sudden 10C drop in temperature from the day before held out, so suddenly I was wearing a sweater & scarf again!

Ferries always make me think of holiday (when we were little, we would take the ferry across the Mediterranean from Tunisia to the Netherlands & France, maybe that's why?), so even with poor view I enjoyed the 35-minute (free!) crossing of Kootenay Lake. Upon landing, I visited the Pilot Bay lighthouse which was in use from 1905 to 1993 to guide ships on the long lake on days like this with poor visibility... I was able to climb tiny stairs to the top but the view remained the same; none! 😂 Somewhat further south, I walked a bit on Lockheart Beach and could only imagine the mountains surrounding it.

Still further south on the lake I visited the Glass House, completely made out of embalming bottles that an undertaker had collected through his job (the strangest hobbies one can have!?!😁) and which is still lived in during the winter by his descendants.

Off the lake now, the town of Creston has two grain elevators that I had wanted to take a photo of (given that we're west of the Rockies instead of on the prairies) but they were in such a bad state that I didn't even bother stopping.

I had planned to do some wine tasting in the famous Okanagan wine valley, so instead I did one in the up & coming Creston wine valley at the Baillie-Grohman winery... out of the four that I sampled, the pinot gris was my favourite to go with the baked brie. 😊

I stayed overnight at a nearby private campground, which interestingly had simple garbage bins right next to my site instead of bear/raccoon/other wildlife-proof ones... having been conditioned to always keep food securely packed away, it was a bit unsettling but luckily the night passed uneventful. 👍

Next day, driving northeast up to Radium Hot Springs where there were another two large fires, the smoke was getting worse so I didn't feel like doing anything and cancelled all other attractions I had earmarked as potentially interesting; any viewpoints ofcourse, paddling on a pretty lake, a trout hatchery and a hike to the source of the Columbia River... With the town of Nelson having been unexpectedly the farthest west on my trip in BC, I had hoped that things would improve going back so it was disheartening that nothing changed. I had not wanted to travel to East Kootenay in the first place, and I did not like it now! 😣😅

Instead, I drove straight to my campround at Radium, set up shop and then had a soak in the nearby hot springs which improved my mood. After a tasty jambalaya dinner, I spent the evening playing solitaire and won three times in a row! 😄

In the morning, it rained but there was no smoke, and you cannot imagine how happy I was... I had not thought that I would be so glad to see proper clouds again!😂

At the hot springs the previous day, I had already spotted the first few bighorn sheep (most without big horns though) and now I saw quite a few more on my way out along the canyon. Bighorn sheep don't lose their horns annually such as deer so they grow longer each year, and you can determine their age from the horn rings just like trees... roadkill is unfortunately a major issue, but this was not going to be by me (the duck was enough!!) so I slowed down properly. 👍

In Kootenay National Park, I checked out Olive Lake which is spring-fed and has pretty colours but the rain made it a brief stop.

The road follows the Kootenay river, which with its light-blue glacial water was a bit monotone with the grey-white sky, but still pretty and with an impressive flow, not to swim in!

I started a hike crossing the river towards a lake but turned around at the bridge, as I didn't feel at ease. August is prime berry time for bears and as I didn't see anyone else on the trail, it felt a bad choice to continue... I'm not too concerned about black bears as they tend to flee when they see humans (unless they feel threatened), but grizzly bears are aggressive and will attack, against which my hiking poles & whistle are not really up to 😯. Lesson learnt; if I ever come back to BC and the Rockies, I would want to be in a larger group so that I can hike more!

I did do a small hike in a fire restoration area as the parking lot was full and there were more people on the trail. The scenery was a bit haunting with a lot of dead trees but at the same time it had a positive feel to it as new plants were taking over. The area has had four fires in the last 20 years, some natural and some burned on purpose to create meadows, which does not only reduces the risk of devastating, out-of-control fires but also provides important habitat for wildlife who depend on the grasses & shrubs for their survival.

Although there was a tiny bit of blue sky during the hike, once I got to the Marble Canyon campground, it rained and rained and rained, so I sat comfortably in the car reading a magazine until there was a dry spell, set up the tent in record time and continued reading there when the rain restarted. 😁

In the morning it still rained on & off but it felt really good to breathe fresh mountain air, so I was not fed up yet. 😅 Out of the 3 Rockies canyons (Johnston in Banff & Maligne in Jasper are the other two), I found my hike at Marble Canyon to be the prettiest, as the river has carved deep into the rocks, leaving a narrow chasm with the water way down below. Impossible to photograph its full length, the waterfall plunging down into the canyon is unbelievable! 😍 As a bonus, the sun even came out!

The other highlight of Kootenay park is the Paint Pots, ochre-red pools that were used by the Indigenous for e.g. body painting. I had a vague recollection that we were disappointed when we were here in 2010 and that got reconfirmed once I got to the 2-3 small pools... nothing special here but the hike to them was pretty enough not to make it a waste.

As the weather was flipflopping between rain & sunshine and I didn't want to get rained on another hike, I decided to spend the afternoon in Banff as there were still several things I was interested to explore & it would be fun to go for dinner in town... Banff was just 30 minutes away on the other side of the Continental Divide, which determines whether a rain droplet flows west to the Pacific Ocean or east to the Atlantic Ocean. Kinda cool to think how different those paths would be if you were to be a rain droplet! 😉

Am running out of my photo limit so next post will be about Banff (2nd visit) and Jasper!

Wildlife: 21 bighorn sheep (only 2 with actual big horns 😜) at Radium

SUPs: none

Hikes: 4 at Kootenay Park

Distance driven from last map: 1,631km

[jacksoncrabb]

Kicking it with the GP's in Osoyoos, BC

Kicking it with the GP’s in Osoyoos, BC

She depressed her index finger against the door bell and it chimed inwardly into the light brown stucco home where the GP’s were enjoying their mid-afternoon conversations. Moments later the door swung inward with her Grandfather standing on the opposite side just beyond the entrance mat enticing you to take off your shoes and stay awhile. “SURPRISE! We made it!” shouted my wife at the same time…

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#Aaron JacksonCrabb #British Columbia #catching up #grandma #grandpa #grandparents #mobility is important #okanagan valley #Osoyoos #road trip

[mywinepal]

Fall in Love With Seaside Pearl Lover's Lane Merlot 2020

Fall in Love With @SeasidePearl Lover's Lane #Merlot 2020 @bcwine #bcwine #bcvqa #okanagan #winewriter #somm #luxury

If you look up the definition of “delicious” in the dictionary, you may see “Seaside Pearl Lover’s Lane Merlot 2020“.  Seaside Pearl Farmgate Winery, located in the Fraser Valley has been producing top-quality wines and more people should know about them and enjoy their wines.  The grapes for this particular wine come from Okanagan Valley.  This winery makes small-production, top-quality wines. …

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#bcvqa #BCWine #fraser valley #merlot #okanagan #Seaside Pearl Farmgate Winery