Day 14. Yeah I missed a day. So sue me.

Greetings from the road. This is the view of the south end of Penticton and the terrian in the area. Surprisingly very arid and desert-like. Good for growing grapes as this is the heart of Okanagan wine country.

More scenery on the way to Princeton. By now we are back on the Crowsnest highway (BC Hwy 3) and are making our way over to Hope. We stopped in the little town of Hedley to tour a gold mine. Well the tour itself was over 4 hours, so we didn't do the tour, but we did visit the museum and look through the displays. Very impressive. This is what the surrounding mountains looked like
And this is the mine head Lunch was in Hope and with the help of some local people we had made up our minds to run up to Hell's Gate. When we came out from the restaurant we were greeted with this scene of good old BC liquid sunshine heading our way. We no sooner abandoned our plans for Hells Gate and got into our rain suits when the skys opened.
We made it safely (if a little slowly) down to Cloverdale and shortly after 3 in the afternoon, we were treated to.......................................................................

Our happy little Nolan baby. A great night laughter and fun followed and all too soon it was into bed for the next days activities. We walked through the town of Cloverdale with Brandon and Vanessa, we visited White Rock and it's amazing beach with Karen providing the tour guide services, and we ended the day with a campfire in the back yard. Whew. I am glad we are doing all this relaxing. Tomorrow will see us off to the big smoke for a tour of Stanley Park and the Lion's Gate bridge. Wish us well. More pictures are coming, I promise.