MAC'S PROM

The rain continues to fall here in the South Okanagan and this is unseasonal to say the least. Wherever I go the weather is the hot topic of conversation. At the same time last year there was little to no rain at all and the daily temperatures were in the high twenties and thirties. For the past month it has rained most days and on most of those occasions the temperature has struggled to climb of the twenty degree mark.

Fortunately the weekend gone by was a little different, sunny and temperatures in the mid to high twenties. That was a good excuse to hit our small, lakeside beach with the fantastic views. The Christie Memorial Park beach would have to be the prettiest beach in all of the Okanagan and what makes it even better is that it is a secret to most and even on the hottest of summer days the beach is never crowded.


An added bonus of this beach is a portion of it is reserved for dogs and it is not uncommon to see a bunch of dogs chasing one another or balls into the water. Tammie and I went for a dip both days and the water was cold……..very cold!

Tammie’s eldest daughter McKenzie had her high school prom last Friday night. Mac looked great in a vintage dress we got for her in Vancouver. Tammie arranged a 1957 Metropolitan car to take her to the Prom. It is such a tiny vehicle that it was a squeeze to fit both her and the date into the car.

Apparently for some in this area the age of chivalry is over as Mac’s date did none of the organizing for the big night. Mac had to pick him up only to find him undressed and uninspired. He threw on an odd assortment of clothes which appeared to have been salvaged from the local Salvation Army store. He didn’t buy a corsage for Mac though Mac did buy a button-hole flower for him.

Sometimes we all make bad choices.


Now that the prom is over graduation is a just a week or so away and soon after that Mac will fly off to Ontario to start university there in September.


Our July plans are little up in the air at the moment. Two of my son’s arrive in Vancouver on the 7th July. Originally we were going to buy an RV and head towards Alaska, but that fell through when we realized that would not be an economical move. I was also going to take them down to Seattle to see a major league baseball game but that is in doubt now as well. Regardless of this they will have a great time here, the weather should be warm by then (hopefully) and if nothing else they will escape the Australian winter cold.

Spotted my first bear yesterday! This is the first one I have seen on this visit. It was just a fleeting glimpse from the car as we sped down Highway 97. The bear was only a little ways from the highway unconcerned with the traffic and noise. He was just poking along probably on the lookout for berries. There have been local reports of late that bear(s) have been raining garbage cans in Okanagan Falls. Perhaps this was one of the culprits.


We have visitors arriving this weekend and it is really the start of a busy two month period for us all.