SLACK!!

Yes, I know it has been a while since I have posted here. There is just one word for it, slack! It is partly the fault of inspiration.....I haven't had any for a few days and just getting around to it.

I always wonder if anyone cares or reads the blog but to my amazement I have had a few emails to let me know how slack I am. So here goes.

Firstly another Southern Okanagan weather update. Well the weather here is best summed up using a singular word again. Shit!! It is the height of summer here, folks have flocked to the area from all over Canada and the world to sample the lakes and the great weather.

Well it hasn't happened. It has been chilly, drab and wet these past few weeks and we haven't had a temperature above 26c in that time. Some days the temperature has maxed out in the mid-teens. And rain! There has been lots of it.

We no sooner take the top off the Jeep (TJ) and we find ourseleves putting it back on again. When you do ride in the TJ with the top down you ever freeze or get wet. Damn!

But all is not lost! Looking ahead the forecast states that the temperature will be in the thirties for the next week. No doubt I will be bitching about the heat in a future blog.

Not a lot of adventures in the past few weeks. Our guests have flown back to Ontario and we are busily preparing the house to rent out whilst we travel in Australia in August. It appears to be a sound decision to rent the place out rather than leave it empty for a month.

Tammie's eldest daughter, Mac has moved to Ontario where she will start university in the Autumn, the house is a little quieter and tidier for that.

The first of July was Canada day and celebrations were held across the country. We ventured down to the border town of Osoyoos to watch the fireworks display on the lake. An impressive show it was to and the pyrotechnics lasted for half an hour. Even the light rain didn't dappen the display.

Two of my son's arrive in Vancouver on the 7th July, something that I am really looking forward to. We have the first few nights in Vancouver and then drive down to Seattle to watch a Major League baseball game. The New York Yankees V the Seattle Mariners. It should be great.

After a few days in Seattle we then drive up the coast, catch a ferry for the 2 hour crossing to Gabriola Island to spend a few days kayaking, clamming and swimming. Life is tough I know.

The next day we make the trek back to Ok Falls across the Rockies which in the summer is a wonderful sight.

So a few more adventures to come so no excuses for not posting.