Blogs from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 6

Sorry its been a while friends, but as it stands many of our days have been the same these last few weeks and an average day looks a little like this: 4:20am First alarm goes off, KJ rolls over and hits snooze 4:29 am Second alarm goes off, KJ rolls over and hits snooze 4:38 Third alarm goes off, KJ rolls over and hits snooze. 4:45 KJ hits zach and says “we really need to get up” A quick mad rush ensues as we go pee (in disgusting bathrooms - more to follow), fill up our water bottles and walk to the orchard (in the dark - as the orchard is on a hill, we can actually see all the lights still on in Kelowna). We pick cherries from about 5 until anywhere between 11 and ... read more

Lorsque vous vous deplacez au Canada, ne comptez pas prendre le train, a moins de vouloir monter dans un conteneur etiquette “government of Canada”. Nous n'avons donc pas eu le choix et avons pris la compagnie de bus Greyhound (seule et unique a faire toutes les liaisons en Colombie Britanique) afin de voyager en direction de Kelowna. Ne comptez pas non plus arriver a l’heure, et encore moins partir a l’horaire indiquee sur votre ticket. Prevoyez un arbre bien abrite du vent et de la pluie a proximite de votre arret afin d’y entammer une sieste d’au moins 1h30. Vous pourrez ensuite tester a loisir le moelleux des sieges et la chaleur du bus, car il faut plus de 8h de route pour rejoinder Kelowna. Afin de vous diverter pendant le voyage, il n’est pas interdis ... read more

Hey! Man, do I have stories to tell. Do I ever. Man! Jeeze! Here I am admist a bike trip, headed for now to Kelowna. Im meeting a friend here on the 10th (which is today, Ive met her) who Ive known for many years. She actually just spent a year in South America! But Ive had a nice journey getting here. It all started last Monday night. I rode 115km from Lake Louise to Golden, BC. In Golden, while shopping for a new front rack (my last one finally broke after years of abuse!), I bumped into a nice lady, and her son. Her son liked my bike, and asked me if I was the mailman, or if I was travelling. I said I was the mailman. Later, I was back on the highway when ... read more

Here is the link to the map of our travels: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ptab=2&ie=UTF8&view=map&vps=1&jsv=157e&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=108786831033993111632.00046995fae6100910863... read more

It was some time ago but we managed to buy a car. Well technically its a van but nevertheless Lauren and I are super stoked! Our original plan, while we were still in Australia was to pick one up in the US, but once we were at Big White and settled into our new lifestyle we got to thinking that we might as well keep an eye out for a good deal. And what do you know, within a couple weeks we had figured out the basic kind of cars that were available here in our price range, and where to look. I followed up on one potential van, it sounded really promising and was advertised for only $1000. So we went down to the dodgy used car sale-yard in the industrial estate area of Kelowna ... read more