Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Day 04: 07/03/12 Okanagan Falls to Bear Creek

6:30pm / Distance 63 mi
Min Alt 1089 ft / Max Alt 1715 ft

Bear Creek Provincial Park

Left Okanagan Falls and headed up to Kelowna for wine tasting and museums. Dropped off the tent trailer along the way for a new battery and lubrication and then figured we’d go take a look at the campground before heading for the tourist activities…good thing we did. It was 10:50, with checkout at 11, every site was reserved, and there were two overflow sites – one of which we quickly grabbed. Turned out to be a good choice.

Museums

  • Okanagan Wine and Orchard
  • Okanagan Heritage

Wineries

  • Volcanic Hills
  • Broucherrie Family
  • Little Straw
  • Quail Ridge

Returned to our campsite, found a cache about 50 yards from our site, and went on the Bear Creek Canyon Rim Trail near Kelowna, which included a serious set of stairs straight out of the canyon. Fun times…looked for a couple of caches along the way (found nothing), sweated, and enjoyed the view. BBQ'd chicken for dinner and enjoyed Volcanic Hills wine.