The difference between Vancouver and Osoyoos is just amazing… We’ve been through so many different landscapes, ending up in the deserty mountains.
As we take off today, it doesn’t take long before we change again. Now we have hills instead of mountains and everything is really grassy.
It’s very hot this morning, sun blazing and 28 or something degrees. Up and down through the hills it gets warmer and cooler but the sun is very hot! Thank god for aircon.
We stopped off next to a nice river for lunch. I had purchased a rather tasty cheese straw (60 cents) and some cookies ($3 with a 2 cent rebate because I used a plastic box from the bakery instead of the bag! “I’ve never seen that before, that’s clever!” remarked the cashier) earlier in the day so that was tasty.
We stopped off a couple more times to Nelson, particuarly in Christina were some fantastic falls which we explored.
At the end of our 260km journey we reach the hotel which is luckily a bit bigger than the night before but still not in the same league as Vancouver, but at least it has a wall in between the double beds!
We’ve come out to a nice little bar and grill in Nelson town for tea, a victorian building, very friendly staff as ever (tonight’s Canadian of the Day: “scuse my reach” which is common) and huge helpings.. A starter Nachos was more than enough for all 5 of us! It was delicious too, and amazingly the cheapest yet.
We’ve settled down to watch the news and fall asleep after another long day travelling.