A Car Trip to British Columbia and Camano Island

Jerry traded his Honda CRV in and got a new Honda Ridgeline pickup truck.  Jerry decided that a road trip was in order and Gari and Steve were game.  Departing from Union Gap (Yakima), Washington, the first stop is Westbank, B.C. to visit our good friend Yvonne.
The scenery along the route did not disappoint.

The beautiful rock garden entrance to Yvonne's development.

A view down Yvonne's street.

There is Yvonne's home on the corner with Jerry's Ridgeline parked under cover.

Jerry inadvertently reprograms the Canadian Satellite TV System.

Gari searches the Canadian Internet from the kitchen laptop.

Yvonne took us on a nice tour of Historic Peachland, B.C.  This stop is at the steps of her historic Methodist church with Gari and Yvonne.

Three little ladies asked Gari to take their photograph using their pad.  Kind of funny, because Gari doesn't use a pad!  No worries, Gari can figure out just about anything.

Yvonne leads us down to the stream where the Kokanee Salmon gather to spawn.

Look there they are, that one is a whopper!

We see a Great Blue Heron wading with the ducks along the stream.

A lunch stop at fancy Fitzpatrick Winery on the banks of beautiful Okanagan Lake.

The interesting tasting room.

Were were seated on the patio overlooking the lake.  This is a picture of a Jade plant.

The wine waiter came by with our selections, it is really getting exciting now!

Steve is pleased with the Merlot.

 Jerry and Gari check out the beautiful view.

Steve found a Springer friend.

Next stop the old school building now the local art museum.

As a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Peachland the local artists laid out a mosaic painting of a local historic scene, and regular folk get to paint in a 1"x 1" square.  Gari signs in to get her square assigned.

Now the instructions....

Gari executes as if she were kin to Michelangelo.

Some cowboy tried his hand, oh wait that is Steve.

We got to visit with Lucille just down the road from Yvonne's house.  Lucille prepared a nice lasagna dinner complete with fine red wine.

Headed back to the US through the magnificent scenery.

Almost back to the border.

Now on Camano Island, Washington on Puget Sound.

Jerry's longtime friend Ron is our Tour Guide on Camano.  Ron has been living here for over 20 years.

Ron took us down to the beach in his golf cart to pick some wild Blackberries.  Gari and Jerry are getting into the Blackberries now.

 A stop by a $1.5M waterfront home for sale.  Can be yours for the right price.

The place does have a nice western view.

Sunset over Puget Sound from Ron's front porch.