A few days in Kelowna and now we’re in Coulee City, Wa

The last four days were spent in Kelowna, shopping, visiting with family and just hanging out.  I had lunch with my sister Anne and her daughter Adrian.  We had dinner with Ian’s son Jason and his wife Deb and kids Ella and Cooper.  I shopped, Eric shopped and a good time was had by all!  I have been feeling extra tired over the last few days and now I know why….I have a cold.  So far just an irritating head cold. 

Heading down Gordon towards Harvey and out of town at about 9am.  Not too far to go today so no big hurry.  The weather has been cloudy and a bit rainy over the last few days but today it’s quite lovely. 

Crossing the bridge towards Westbank and the speed limit is 60km per hour which we are doing and we’re getting passed like we’re standing still. 

We’re on the bridge and this is looking north.

Heading towards Peachland.

Lots of fires around Peachland and it burned right down to the highway.  I didn’t pay a lot of attention this summer but I’m guessing the highway would have been closed at some point.

Just coming into Oliver and the grapes are heavy on the vines.  I think they have to grow lots of grapes to make wine for my sister in law Linda and fellow blogger Contessa!  Tee hee!

Wouldn’t it be nice to just pop down to a fruit and veggie stand and buy whatever you want.  Not in Terrace although the Okanagan fruit trucks do show up in town and this year we even had truck loads of fresh Chilliwack corn. 

Orchards full of fruit and vines full of grapes.  When we came north in late April there were hardly any leaves on the trees or vines.   Isn’t mother nature a wonder.

These small trees are just loaded.  Sorry some of these are a bit blurry but they are shot out of the truck window at speed.

Getting close to the border.

And…there it is.  Today it was an easy crossing and the lady who checked our RV was very nice, interested in our winter’s plans and quite chatty.  I didn’t lose anything as I’d removed everything I thought I couldn’t bring into the USA.

Next stop Oroville where I’ll buy fresh fruits and vegetables that I had to leave behind or had used up.

Harvest foods is always full of Canadians stocking up on produce.  Not cheap by any means but it is easy to get in and out of.  I know there is a WalMart down the road but it has tight turns and it’s hard on our tires and axles. 

Oroville.  All these small northern Washington towns are old and look much the same.

Up next Tonasket.

Hard to tell the difference between this one and Oroville.

Now Omak where we’ll get fuel and stop for lunch.  Omak has a nice little RV park down on the river that we must stop at some time.

$3.75 a gallon for diesel which would work out to about $1.25 a litre in Canada so not much cheaper than home.  We did see it cheaper before this station but once again….too tight to get into without torquing our axles and there is always the danger of rubbing a sidewall.   No gracias!

It’s about 22C and nice and warm.  This is the first warm lunch stop since we left home a week ago.  Just heavenly!

Pretty country as we head south after lunch.

Our destination is Coulee City and we’ll pass through lots of orchards.

Chief Joseph dam. 

Farther south and we are in grain growing country.  It’s stark and quiet and we really like it.

Up ahead on the right are the silos for all the grain this farm grows.

Up ahead on the very far right is Coulee City and the county park where we’ll spend a couple of nights. 

It’s 3:30 and we’re parked and set up…even the satellite.  Eric is using a satellite finder app on our cell phone now and it’s working great.  The signal is 98 and you can’t get much better than that.

When we were here last fall it was smokey, cold and windy.  This year it is clear, warm and breezy.  Life is good!