Category: Wild Wild West

  • The Queen of Cowichan

    October 19Vancouver to Vancouver Island We are up early, hitched Plan B (I’m getting good at this), and on the road in plenty of time for our 8:30 departure…….in fact we are more than early, so pretty much head of the line, meaning we will load and then disembark first.  I had a feeling it…

  • The Run to Vancouver

    October 18 Our day started on a cold soggy note, with slushy wet snow falling, only solidifying my decision to avoid the high country west of Kelowna on the 97C connector and the infamous Coquihalla Highway heading south.  Road reports were that 15cm of snow had fallen up in the pass and conditions were less…

  • Busy Day to End our Stay

    October 17Kelowna – Kelowna Today is all about prep for the run to Vancouver then onto the island.  Lots to do……. oil change for the truck…..done – Penzoil drive through timed it perfectly – 30 minutes grocery stock up…….done – Jutta zipped through the grocery store while I was at Penzoil buy MORE wine…….done –…

  • Que Syrah Syrah

    October 16 Kelowna – Fairview Mountain – Oliver Well do we have plans today!!!!……needed an early start this morning because our golf game is at Fairview Mountain, just south of Oliver, probably an hour and a half away from home base. Jutta and Kathie went for a tour of the course during the 2018 GBC…

  • Hello Penticton

    October 15Kelowna – Gallagher’s Canyon – Penticton Jutta was able to weasel our way into an early tee time at Gallaghers Canyon this morning.  We were scheduled for a 3:10 tee off, but based on sunsets around here with the sun dipping behind mountains to the west, we would be lucky to get in more…