Lindsey and Dana arrived about 9 PM last night.  Early to bed as we want to be on the road by 7:30.   We are dropping Lindsey’s car at Michael and Nicole’s so she will have it when they bring her home next Friday.  They are still packing up the van, so we head off only to be stopped by a train 3 minutes later 🙂    Not long and we are on our way.

We make a pitt stop at the Manning Park lodge.  It is a popular stop with many people enjoying the beautiful day and watching (and some ignoring the signs and feeding) the hundreds of gophers scampering around the park.  These guys are very habituated.  They run up to you even if you have nothing in your hand.

We see and hear a bird that we are not familiar with.  It sounds a bit like a Flicker, but as it flies to another tree it is clearly not a Flicker.  It has a distinctive tail.  Found it with Google, it is a Clark’s Nutcracker.  Beautiful bird.

We make another stop in Keromeos where we stop at one of the many many fruit stands in the small town.  We pick up some cherries, sugar free but naturally sweetened jams and a few samosas to eat along the way.  Samosas are messy to eat in the car.  🙂  We take note of all the changing landscapes as we travel.  From thick forests to desert like Osoyoos. Passing through quaint little towns like Rock Creek and Greenwood.  Such interesting histories of our province.

We arrive at the lake about 2:30 to this.  Stu has been telling Gary that he has been doing the “Sun Dance” so he left us a little note on a tree!

The reward at the end of the long drive!!  🙂 🙂