At the start of Covid I won 2 free flights with Qatar Airlines and Roxanne and I had big dreams of going to Armenia in October. As the fall drew nearer it became obvious that we should change tack.
The most obvious plan was to spend a week in the Okanagan, where she moved about a year ago. And so, the Rock-Awn Mini Pop vacation was born.
Of course there had to be some true adventure, so Rox booked us a night at a 125 year old hotel in Ymir, just outside of Nelson. It’s a maze of stairways and hallways covered with art, trinkets, and bad furniture from the 70s. She told me that there was a surprise (remember that the last accommodation surprise she had for me was no bathroom door in Mexico!). This time it was that our room had bunk beds! Awesome. My personal favourites were the 12” VHS TV combo in the common room and the fruit cups and Dad’s cookies for breakfast.
This town was definitely a people watching treat with a variety of ‘local yokles’.
We spent the next day exploring Nelson and then had a couple of great pit stops on the drive to Kelowna.
We spent the next 5 days exploring the Kelowna area. One of the definite highlights was cycling the Myra Canyon Trestles.
Our days were filled with a lot of outdoor activity and delicious food.
I was lucky enough to catch up with 2 other Kelownite (Kelowner? Kelownian?) friends.
And finally, we did 2 different bracket competitions to determine our favourite plum and early apple.
Another great holiday in the books. Thanks to Rocky and B Rod for the hospitality.
It was a great reminder that we have great travel destinations within Canada so there are lots of adventure possibilities, even in the time of Covid. Rock-Awn!