Monday, September 21
Wes and Di treated us to a beautiful breakfast, and then we headed south from Peachland along the shore line of Lake Okanagan towards the winery region at the bottom end of the lake. The lake is about 120 km long and 3-5 km wide, so it really does look like an inland sea. The hills are steep and quite rocky in parts but with the sun shining (at last) and clear blue skies it looked a picture.
Our first winery was called "Dirty Laundry" and was a lot of fun, with the name coming from the colourful background of one of the local characters when the area was first settled! His first venture was a laundry which wasn't successful until he ran a brothel on the side!! Then he had clean and happy customers!
Scenes from the Dirty Laundry winery
After a yummy lunch and excellent coffee in Penticton we continued driving around the winery region and wound up at one called "Church and State". Again the scenery was fantastic, although there was still smoke from a recent bushfire rising from the surrounding hills. The wines from this winery have won many awards and a couple were really good, but we picked a couple that weren't to our taste. We took some funny photos before heading back to Peachland to get ready for dinner.
Photos from winery #2 - as if you couldn't tell!
Back at Wes and Di's we did a quick turnaround and then headed off to dinner at a restaurant called The Blind Angler - appropriate for us based on our experiences at Lake Eildon in Victoria! We enjoyed a lovely dinner with Di's son Mike, as tonight was our last night before driving back to Vancouver tomorrow.
Thank you Di and Wes for your hospitality, we loved visiting with you and your house is lovely.
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