Vacation in British Columbia

I had hoped to play along with a blog challenge this month but as always I didn't read the directions and I am now a few days late to the party -- pretty much the story of my life.  But it can't be all bad I am in the middle of a vacation in Beautiful British Columbia.  The picture above is where I am right now as I type this.  Here are a few spots along the way to getting here.

Shannon Falls just outside of Whistler (home of the 2010 Olympics).  The picture doesn't do it justice but this past winter was record snow fall (about 10 months too late for the Olympics) and the run off for these falls is pretty spectacular.

Same can be said for Cayoosh Creek north of Whistler.  We choose to take the back country roads which added about two hours of driving but took us through some amazing geography.

From Alpine Mountains on one side of the trek.

 To arrid hillsides just one canyon over and about one hour on the road. The Nicola River is much calmer than the Cayoosh Creek (??)

Two rivers meet in the middle of the province.  The Mighty (or muddy) Fraser on the high side of the picture and the Thompson in the lower half. 

Current home is on Okanagan Lake I grew up coming here every summer.  Its a gorgeous huge lake with several communities. Orchards and wineries top the list of what to do here, but just lazing on a beach is tops on my list.

Watching this mom with her babies was as strenuous as the morning got for me.

Admiring this old beauty on the lakeside, but then one must head up to wine country to get some local product - all in the name of supporting local companies - right??

View down to the lake from the Dirty Laundry Winery -- lets just say the Hush Blush is pretty darn fabulous and this is from someone that likes her wine white and her roses pink.