Things we did in Kelowna

We visited Tom and Alison, whom we had met at the Baja last December.  Tom took us out on their steamboat to sail around Lake Okanaga.  Here is the boat, funnel and all.

The furnace which needs to be fed plenty of wood to heat up the pipe and produce the steam to propel the boat.  Tom likes to toot the horn as we go past other boats - it was fun.

Tom and Andrew enjoying the ride.

OgoPogo the sea monster in front of the boat club.







The next day we went cycling along the Myra Canyon Trestles enjoying the views over the Okanagan Valley.  We and many others rode over the 18 trestle bridges and two tunnels, originally built at the turn of the century, and rebuilt again (near exact replica) between 2003 and 2008 when the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire claimed 12 of the trestle tables.  To ride in the Myra is to glimpse history – how a steam train would have made its way through this steep-walled canyon along a railroad no more than a 2% rail grade – to accommodate the steam train technology of the day and how workers would have toiled to construct the original railway through some pretty uncompromising terrain.

Here we are setting off on our ride.

The trestle bridges.

A Dutch sculptor created these large bronze ladies that lie on the waterfront in Kelowna.  Oh, how much I would like to take one home with me!  They would go so well with my other bronze nudes.