Day 3 - this I know for sure!

Hi again. What a fabulous day we've had today. Drove out of Kelowna on time at 9am.

Importnat stop at a fruit stand to buy fresh cherries and apricots. Yummy.

Miles and miles of vineyards to drive through this morning. On the recommendation of the Resort Manager (last night) we stopped at Burrowing Owl Winery. Wow!Wow!Wow!

This is a very nice place to visit, even if you don't care for wine. We did a slef-guided tour of the winery - including the turrett - then over to the tasting room. The building is very 'desert' and in a spanish-style finish. The wine tasting was very nice, but for me their Chardy didn't quite meet up to my favourite oak-y Hawkes Bay or Marlborough drop. The Shiraz was very, very tasty.

Have a look at their website for information about the Burrowing Owls. They are tiny and endangered and have inspired a great deal of good wine.
http://www.bovwine.ca

Then we travelled for maybe two hours through pine forest - many of the trees have been killed off by the Pine Beetle. Very ugly looking remains.

After a long slog through the mountains we emerged at Kettle Falls - no time to look at the falls, but time to head south to Spokane. This city is much larger than I had thought and we are staying at the very nice Marriott on the river. Dinner tonight was salmon and more mushrooms.

Tomorrow morning we'll catch up with yesterday and make an early start - 8am! Buggy Barn in Reardon is our first port of call.

Nearly forgot. We drove through Oliver today and being agood Grandma I stopped to take a picute for Oliver.

Till tomorrow,

Night!!!