Road Trip, Aug 18 2012

Leif Norman

From Princeton BC, where the local traditional music festival had filled the campsite full of old folkies playing banjos and hurdy gurdies.

They stayed up pretty late singing their “traditional” music.

Through Hedley, Keremeos, Olalla, Penticton, and then camping near Cherryville.

We stopped in Vernon at a great Antique store called “Blast from the Past” but didn’t take any pics.

They have a wide range of stuff. Very well organized.

Riverside Campground, Princeton BC

 

 

Hedley BC, once a gold silver and copper mining boomtown

 

Hedley BC

 

Old Blue Plymouth just East of Hedley BC

 

The wild Marmots of BC

 

Marmots hanging out on a rock, just West of Hedley BC

 From Wikipedia;

“Marmots are generally large ground squirrels in the genus Marmota, of which there are 15 species. Those most often referred to as marmots tend to live in mountainous areas, such as the Alps, northernApenninesEurasian steppesCarpathiansTatras, and Pyrenees in Europe and northwestern Asia; the Rocky MountainsBlack HillsCascades, and Sierra Nevada in North America; and the Deosai Plateau in Pakistan and Ladakh in India. The groundhog, however, is also sometimes called a marmot, while the similarly sized, but more social, prairie dog is not classified in the genus Marmota but in the related genus Cynomys.

Marmots typically live in burrows (often within rockpiles, particularly in the case of the yellow-bellied marmot), and hibernate there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social and use loud whistles to communicate with one another, especially when alarmed.

Marmots mainly eat greens and many types of grassesberrieslichensmossesroots and flowers.”

Mariposa Fruit stand just west of Keremeos BC

 

Please don’t squeeze the Peaches!

 

Bunches of Early Gold BC Apples
Bruised Fruit. “We had Hail. Lucky You!”
British Columbia grown Garlic. (Music Garlic. Tastes like Russian Red)

 

Keremeos BC. Lots of Fruit stands

 

Berg’s OX YOKE new and used collectibles and antiques in Keremeos BC

 

 

Berg’s OX YOKE new and used collectibles and antiques in Keremeos BC

 

Zack’s new and used unique collectibles and junk antiques, Olalla BC

 

 

Old Fashioned wood heating stove. Belle Oak No. 14 B

 

Zack’s new and used unique collectibles and junk antiques, Olalla BC

 

Lots of clutter. Lots of fun.

 

Westinghouse Radio Crate

 

Old Plymouth Valiant for sale on the side of the road

 

Adult and baby Quail crossing the road in Olalla BC

 

Zack’s new and used unique collectibles and junk antiques, Olalla BC

 

Ice Cream and Cold Drinks in Penticton BC

 

The beach at Skaha Lake, Penticton BC. It was another hot hot day in the mountains

 

 

 

Skaha Lake, British Columbia

 

Downtown Community Market in Penticton BC

 

There are plenty of Garlic Growers in British Columbia

 

Campground north of Cherryville BC. Somebody was upset about the government telling them something. Not sure what it’s all about, but there were signs all over the campsite. God knocked down some trees… Stuart A. Parker wants a fight.

 

There was a wind storm recently in the forest

 

We found a hidden campsite west of Lumby and north of Cherryville off the Sugar Lake road on the Shuswap River

 

The Shuswap River

 

 

 

Leif Norman does not like cold water

 

Big trees pushed over by a storm