Oliver and Korea

We have gone very quickly from hot and smokey to cool and rainy. I prefer the latter, especially as last week when it really was rainy in Vernon I was in Oliver on the shores of Tucelnuit Lake at the VOC bike camp. It only rained a couple of nights while we were there. The days were perfect for biking, especially on an ebike. It's the best toy I've had since can't remember when. I no longer have to fear long hills; if I start feeling breathless, I can put her in 'eco', the lowest level of electric assist, and carry on. You still have to pedal, but my legs are strong. So it's back to being good exercise without the fear and fact of chest pain.

Jay's still here. May's additional papers arrived yesterday. He immediately put them together with his, walked to the post office, mailed them all express post to the South Korean Consulate in Vancouver and now awaits his fate. Meanwhile they talk on Kakaotalk for hours every day, and he and I are having a good time together.



Stopping at the Haynes Ranch, the oldest ranch in the Okanagan, on one of our bike rides.


The first rattler I've seen since I arrived in the Okanagan. If you look closely you can see her two babies curled up near her.


This plant looks innocuous, attractive even, but it's well named. It's hard pointy seed pods we're responsible for four flat tires, not mine fortunately, over five days of biking.


Me in my Korean grandma's gardening hat at the crazy hat barbecue. The even daffier looking person beside me is a friend's husband. He is part of a family that has been involved with Sovereign Lake Ski Club for years. He brought me back to the lodge on a snowmobile when I dislocated my shoulder a few years ago.


Mixing the fruit salad for the pancake breakfast. Each person threw in a cup or so of fresh local fruit.