Our new castle is a B&B on the road to the Silver Star Ski Resort, and we have lucked in to a tiny apartment that we are renting until the end of August, with a possibility of a longer stay if required.
This is the view we saw from the front door on the first night.
We have a (little!) kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom to ourselves and a teeny little patio that we sit on at the end of the day.
The living room window, when not covered with a sun shade, looks out to the same view as from our patio.
Regarding wildfires, there is little or no smoke here in contrast to Edmonton where the haze made the setting sun impressive.
We occasionally get a whiff, and there are temporary signs in Vernon in regard to where evacuees should go, but Alberta showed far more signs of BC wildfires than the interior of BC.
Our transition from Alberta to BC included a highlight where Brian reported to a mandatory watercraft inspection station to ensure his kayak was not carrying any zebra mussels. Apparently zebra mussels can survive in standing water for up to 30 days. The inspector assured Brian that his kayak was the cleanest and dryest watercraft she had ever seen. He was proud of that.
On Friday last week, we met with our real estate agent and the covered 450 km in the car Saturday and Sunday driving to areas that might be of interest. Aside from getting ourselves oriented, there are chances to see something unusual such as the doe and two fauns we saw in a field.
We will start looking at homes two days from now, and I will update now and then as our search progresses. In the meantime, we are enjoying sunny dry weather (sorry to those from Ontario) and things are going well.
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