Apr. 8, Thursday, to Kelowna, BC
I got up this morning feeling a bit better. Still sore throat and stuffed sinuses but at least my mind is a bit clearer. After packing, we said our goodbyes to Marcel and Audrey and left around 10:15 am. We drove down to Osoyoos downtown where we stopped at “Tim Horton” for coffee and breakfast muffins. We were just pulling out when Brenda and Al pulled beside us! We stopped and hugged each other. What a surprise, we had a quick visit before leaving again.
We drove north on Hwy 97 through OK Falls, Penticton, over the new bridge in Kelowna where I stopped for fuel @.999 per litre. We arrived in Winfield at our next camp site, “Holiday Park Resort” and set up in site # 526. It snowed just south of Kelowna as we were driving up here but now the sky is showing some blue!
Rochelle, Kevin and Hayley arrived around 5:30 pm and after a warm reunion, we went out for dinner near their hotel in Kelowna. We caught up to each other’s news and too soon, it was time to say good night. We came back to our place and went to bed early.
We travelled 148 Km (91 miles) in 3 hours @ an average speed of 39 MPH
N 50* 00’ 26”
W 119* 23’ 36”
Alt: 1440 ft
APR. 9, Friday, Winfield
We got up early to see Hayley dance at 10:54 am. We got there at 10 to get a good seat. The theatre is only about 2 miles from here so we didn’t have far to go. All the girls and boys were exceptional. The dances were all very well executed and the dresses absolutely colourful. Hayley won a gold medal in her category which made us all feel extremely proud of little girl. She was also quite happy about it. Her next dance wasn’t until this evening so we went out for breakfast then afterwards, the girls decided to go shopping, Kevin had some business here in town to attend to and I went back to our house and eventually to a TELUS shop to see about my cellular. I picked up Val at the shopping centre around 4 pm, came home and we had dinner then met the gang at the theatre around 6:30 pm. Hayley had a group dance in the evening and the final result was no medal but they did very well, we thought. After watching all the dances, it was after 10 pm when we got home and said good night to the kids.
A great day!
APR. 10, Saturday, last day in Winfield
We have a blue sky greeting us this morning but very cold at 8 am...1*C (32*F) BRRrrrrrr! But it did warm up to 8*C (46*F). The kids came over around 1 pm and at 2 we went over to the theatre for Hayley’s final dance. This was a group dance although Hayley did a mini solo during that dance. The whole thing was excellent and they ended up winning a bronze and Adjucator Award which was quite an honor.
Around 4 pm, we said our goodbyes to Rochelle, Kevin and Hayley at the theatre as they were going home directly from here. After they left, we went to find a cache nearby then called it quit and came home. We had dinner, watched the tube for a while then it was beddy-bye.
APR. 11, Sunday, HOME...North Shuswap!
We slept in and didn’t get going until 11 am. We drove north on 97 and past Vernon we took 97A then 97B past Enderby and eventually arrive in Salmon Arm where we took Hwy 1. We stopped in S.A. for our mail and a sandwich at Subway then went home at Lee Creek, North Shuswap. The place is somewhat empty but there are a few of our neighbours already back from the south. Donna and Marcel were at their trailer and they came over to welcome us. After they left and we finished setting up, we walked over to Ron and Sheila’s place where a bunch of people were meeting for happy hour. We spent a good hour and a half there then came home, had dinner and relaxed. It is cloudy but the sun is trying to come out; cool too.
We travelled 144 KM (90 miles) @ an average of 42 mph in 3 hours.
N 50* 54’ 33”
W 119* 33’ 20”
Alt: 1185 feet
Good to be home!
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