There may be hope on the househunting front. We asked for an expansion of our search and
have come up with two possible homes in the Osoyoos area. (Not anywhere close to Vernon….in fact, close
to US border….is really desert country……)
There are two homes we have viewed twice, and will see again
tomorrow. With any luck, we will be in a
position to be more clear on our next steps by the weekend following.
In the meantime, we have had some fun activities this
week. Our friends, Rita and John were in
Penticton, and we joined them for a couple of days to fit with our Osoyoos
househunting trip. I’d show pictures,
but how many meals do you want to see?
Isn’t that for Facebook users?
Vernon hosted the BC 55+ games this week, and Brian volunteered
to assist at the cycling event. He
participated in setup and breakdown and couldn’t get over the spirit of the
riders. There were men’s 75+ and 85+
categories: the participant in the 85+
won his round because he was solo.
Regardless, observers and participants cheered loudly for everyone, and
the spirit was tremendous. One observer
had ridden his motorcycle from Kelowna to see his 75 year old sister
participate in her race. Needless to say,
Brian will go into training for next year once we are settled.
The city put on a number of events for the games, including
a downtown “Taste of Vernon” to see some of the vendors and services. The weather was beautiful and the crowds good. Note that most of the participants are of a
more experienced age.
One might notice that the line-ups were at booths featuring
wine or food. Us 55+ are not stupid!
There was also a Pipes and Drum Band as well as Highland Dancing!
The littlest (and least experienced) dancer in the middle followed a principle well-developed in clogging. Even if you can't do the right steps, keep the feet moving and you will fool many of the crowd.
We went for a walk yesterday, back to a trail we had done
about 5 weeks ago. The smoke situation
had much improved. Consider the picture
of a scene from our first trip from the same the second time:
BC lifted its state of emergency due to wildfires yesterday,
but the fire situation is still extreme.
Everything is brown and crackly.
So much for this week--maybe there will be more news for the next!!
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