Christmas 2016

On December 21st we flew out of Kelowna to Calgary.  Steven picked us up from the airport in Calgary.  We stayed with Steven and Nancy, and had a wonderful Christmas with Steven, Nancy and the boys, and Alyssa and the girls!!  We wanted to do more outdoor activities but a snow storm blew in.  We spent Christmas eve day with Alyssa and the girls.  We opened presents with them, then Christmas eve night we were all at Steven and Nancy's.  The girls and Alyssa opened gifts with them as the girls were going to their dad's and spending Christmas day with him.  Christmas morning was very exciting with the boy's.  I love the energy and excitement!!  On boxing day Alyssa did my hair as I am not going to see her for 4 months.  I am really going to need one when we get back!  On the 27th we all went to Banff to take the kids tobogganing.  We had a lot of fun!!  We were going to go in the hot pool, but it was too busy!!  Steven, Nancy and the boys went home.  Alyssa, Doug, the girls and I walked around Banff then went for dinner to Melissa's Missteak.  We had an excellent day!! Alyssa dropped us off at Leon and Cindy's as we were leaving in the morning to go back to Osoyoos. We wanted to leave by at least 10AM but Leon and Cindy had issues getting the car hooked up on the hitch behind the Motorhome. We ended up going into Cochrane to the hitch place.  They got it hooked up quickly, Leon and Cindy were doing it wrong, the instructions were not very clear!!  We finally got on the road at 2pm!  We got as far as Revelstoke and stayed in the rest area for the night.  The roads were not good and it was snowing like crazy!!  Leon was quite stressed driving in that, especially when it got dark.  The next morning it was still snowing quite heavy, but easier going in the daylight.  We stopped in Sicamous for breakfast.  The rest of the way the roads were clear and dry!  It was nice to get back and sleep in our bed again.  January the 4th we will leave and make our way to the Baja!!  I am so excited for our winter adventures!!

Christmas Lights!

Yesterday we went to the Silver Sage Winery with Doug & Sue to look at the Christmas lights.  Of course we had to do a wine tasting while we were there!  To end the evening we went for dinner at the Owl Pub!

Winery Tour

Yesterday we went on a winery tour with our friends Claude & Val.  We had such a great day!  We toured 6 wineries!  The wineries we toured were:  Bordertown, Desert hills, Silver Sage, Hester Creek, Burrowing Owl, and Jackson-Triggs.  We tasted so many delicious wines!  The lady that gave us the wines to taste at Silver Sage was Hilarious!!  She really made the tasting fun!  We bought at least 5 bottles of wine on our tour, even some red, which is different for me because I usually go for the whites!! Doug and I need to go back to Silver Sage one evening because they have quite the Christmas light display, I really want to see it all lit up!!  We went back to Claude & Val's new place in Oliver, they just moved there.  It is a very nice place!  We had a drink and snacks and a nice visit.  When they took us back to Osoyoos we stopped at the Owl Pub and had dinner.  A very nice end to a great day!!  Here are pictures of our day!

NK'Mip RV Resort

We got here November 1st and it is a really nice resort.  Very well kept and lots of activities! People are very friendly here, we also met a nice couple that went to the Baja last winter.  We got lots of information from them.  They gave us a lot of tips and good places to stay.  There are a lot of wineries in this area.  This is the first time we have spent any amount of time in Osoyoos and I really like the area!  The park has a christmas winery tour and we are going to go on that one!!  Looking forward to tasting and buying some new wines!  They have a Monday meeting which we went to and they let you know all that is going on.  That is where we found out about the winery tour.  The weather has been fantastic, it is hard to believe we are in November.  I hope the weather is going to be nice the rest of the time we are here.  Here are some pictures.

Holiday Park RV Resort, Kelowna, BC

We got here yesterday at noon.  We checked in and got our spot, and got set up.  We went for a quick walk around.  This is a great resort with lots of activities.  I will definately take advantage while we are here. This morning after breakfast we walked and checked out all the rec. buildings and pools. We checked out the beach and the lake, which is quite nice!  We went to the Country Kitchen restaurant and store, they are having a Thanksgiving dinner, so we signed up for that!  I don't have to cook!!  They have a main rec. building which has a pool, hot tub, gym, and excersise classes like Zumba, which I am going to try.  I really like this resort, you can be as busy as you want or just relax!!  We are going to enjoy being here for the month!
Here are some pictures of the resort.

BC Bound

We left the farm on the 22nd and checked into Bow Rivers Edge.  We will stay here till the 27th when we will head to BC.  On the 24th Leon & Cindy had a big party, Retirement(Leon), 65th Birthday(Leon), and their 40th Anniversary.  It was a big bash with a lot of people.  Tiana did a great job of decorating and Calvin set off fireworks at the lake when it got dark.  The party was a great success!!
The 27th we packed up and took off for the Shuswap.  We are staying at Hidden Valley Resort.  We will be visiting with people we worked with at the park, and just enjoying the area for a few days till we go to Kelowna.