Category Archives: Travel

Okanagan Thurs-Fri

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Risa

Friday is officially our last winery tour day, which is just as well since we are already about 4 cases in. Getting straight to business, we headed over to Quail’s Gate. We arrived about noon to find out they were … Continue reading →

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Okanagan Tues-Wed

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Risa

On an early morning walk, I came across proof that loons do, in fact, live in the Okanagan. Either that or the Ogopogo has finally made another appearance. We decided to drive down to Okanagan Falls, which is sits at … Continue reading →

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Okanagan Sun-Mon

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Risa

The second we heard BC was moving to Phase 3 (of COVID reopening, in case you are reading this in 2030) we jumped in the car and headed for wine country!! Or, possibly, we looked at travel options in BC … Continue reading →

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Great Bear Chalet – Monday

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Risa

Not much to share today, except for some cool pictures. Gallery one: before our flight we did a short walk along the aptly-named Big Cedar Tree trail. It’s like Cathedral Forest but without the other people. Gallery Two: Our flight … Continue reading →

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Great Bear Chalet – Sunday

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Risa

Today was a beautiful day, shaping up to be the only clear, sunny day we would have. With that in mind, we picked the M. Gurr hike as our activity of the day, which made Host Jeff happy because he … Continue reading →

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Great Bear Chalet – Saturday

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Risa

Today was overcast and threatening rain so we decided to do a river drift. I had thought this would amount to us being plunked into the river in some kind of dingy to languish as we drifted for a few … Continue reading →

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Great Bear Chalet – Friday

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Risa

We’ve both had a long summer of long work days, lots of work travel, and I’ve sacrificed a couple of long weekends for work, so Jeff and I decided to create a 4-day long weekend and trek to the BC … Continue reading →

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La Quinta Hookup Season

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Risa

We kicked off the day with a lovely guided meditation, interrupted only once by a baffled woman looking to join the yoga class. Apparently people sitting in silence with their eyes closed didn’t say “not the yoga class” to her. … Continue reading →

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La Quinta Grapefruit Season

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Risa

In the light of day (rains gone), La Quinta Resort is littered with ripe citrus trees which we were invited to pick from, lest the fruit “go to waste”. The hot tip of the day was that the best were … Continue reading →

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La Quinta Monsoon Season

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Risa

To celebrate two of our friends’ 50th birthdays, ten of us girls took to the skies and all headed off to La Quinta for a long weekend get-away. In case you’re thinking we got a pretty good deal, the husbands … Continue reading →

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