Kelowna 'Best Blooming Community'

We got into Holiday RV Resort north of Kelowna on Wednesday afternoon. The park is 25 years old so the spaces are a little tight, but everything is well maintained. We called good friends Robb and Joe and got directions to go to their house. We all got caught up on the latest news and Robb and Joe provided us burgers and fixings for dinner.

On Thursday we got to see a good part of Kelowna on a ten mile bike ride as well as a short walk around the immediate community. Kelowna appears to have more beaches and parks per capita as any other town I can remember. It really is a beautiful city with a lot of amenities. We can see why they chose this to be their home town.

Friday was our first designated shopping day and in the morning we went to about four stores. Costco, two houseware stores, and a Superstore supermarket. Robb and Joe provided us lunch and then we went visiting a couple of nearby wineries. At the first winery we encountered two dozen of Robb and Joe's interesting friends, but fortunately we were able to get away from them. After a few tastings, we purchased a number of bottles of wine, and then we all went back to the RV Park for dinner. We kind of forgot that you can't take back anything beef related when you return to the states so we ate up some steaks that we had in the freezer.

Saturday was RV shopping day. Robb and Joe are in the market for a new fifth wheel to replace their recently sold trailer, so we went at looked at their various options at nearby RV dealers. After this motored around some parts of the city that we hadn't yet seen and then we returned to the house for a belated birthday dinner for Robb and Chuck. They share the same birthday in June. The chicken cordon bleu dinner was gourmet quality and all the doo dads were on the table in addition to the great dinner. Dessert, which is Chuck's favorite part was a homemade chocolate cake that qualified as the best we ever tasted.

We can't thank Robb & Joe enough for their generous hospitality. Not only to us but to our two dogs who we didn't want to leave alone in the RV any more than necessary. Based on feedback from Rikki and Luci, I think Robb and Joe have become their god parents.

Some pictures are available at: Kelowna Pics

You'll notice some haze in many of the pictures. This is because the Kelowna area has been subjected to smoke and haze from a series of forest fires west and northwest of the city. One of the fires has been burning for over a month and is still not fully contained.

I also added some additional pictures to the previous post from Twisp, WA.

Today was a travel day as we head back to Arizona. We are currently at Wildhorse Resort & Casino east of Pendleton, OR. We are scheduled to make it to Show Low, AZ on Wednesday for a few days so that we can take care of supervising some improvements to our new RV lot there.