Monday, July 16, 2007

Left Kamloops about 9:30. Headed into wine country and I wanted to stop at a winery. Stopped at Larch Hills Winery at Salmon Arm. It is a small winery that makes wines from grapes grown in B.C. They have a couple of wines that are made solely from grapes grown on this property, but the other wines they make use a variety of grapes from B.C. We got to taste several varieties of wine and then bought several bottles to bring back. I enjoyed the morning, but Jerry not too wound up about going to wineries.

The road followed several lakes, many of which are MILES long...one was over 60 miles long.
Went thru Kelowna and although it was frustrating b/c of traffic, it is located on Okangan Lake and it was a very pretty drive. We can tell we are getting back to civilization b/c the lakes now have houses and developments along the shores.

We evidently were driving through the fruit basket of Canada as there were orchards and fruit stands everywhere. It is the height of cherry season so we stopped at one of the markets and I got a cantaloupe and some cherries. They were all good!!! Lots of apricots, plums, cherries and blueberries. We were on Hwy 97 South, headed for U.S.

I didn't realize how accustomed we had gotten to no traffic and no people on the roads until we got to this part of the country. Seems like there are people everywhere and cars, cars, cars....

Got to border and stopped at duty free shop. Got one more bottle of wine and a couple of boxes of maple filled cookies that we love! Patti and Gene Snipes acquainted us w/ those a couple of years ago.

Drove 221 miles today and crossed the border about 5:30 p.m. HOORAY!!!! BACK IN THE USA!!! Crossing here was a bit more involved....had to pull over and 2 customs agents came in the RV to get our citrus fruit and check for other stuff.....let us go on some wine stuff - I had gotten too much to bring back legally....oh well...was pretty close so they let us off on that one. It was good to be back.....whipped out the cell phones and started calling folks....

Found RV park right there in Oroville WA which is right at the border. A nice RV park on the river w/ full hook ups for only $18/nite. Jerry walked dogs and went to do a load of laundry while I did some stuff in RV.