Part 3 of our Epic Summer Road Trip brings us to Penticton! And if the drive from Idaho to Seattle was beautiful, this drive may have been even better!! Much of the drive was through Wenatchee National Forrest and it was absolutely gorgeous. We also spent much of the drive following the Columbia River and I had the strong desire to stop and set up camp at any of the numerous campgrounds we passed by. I also dreamt of buying one of the many gorgeous properties that were on the river!!
We were happy to easily cross over the border in to Canada and slowly make our way to our campground. I booked sites at this campground after reading many reviews and was a bit nervous to see what sort of place it was! And much like we'd heard, the sites were tight!! But we were next to Cal's brother and his family and so it worked just fine and the campground was actually really good. We stayed at Wright's Beach Campground. They had all sorts of children's activities throughout the day, movie nights in the evening, special events and a gorgeous beach on Skaha Lake! We love the water and had so much fun on the beach and in the lake! Gerry rented kayak's one day and the kids loved paddling around. We also visited Penticton Beach and the Wibit park! The Wibit park was super fun but wayyyy more challenging than I anticipated!! I was like Bambi on ice out there! It was very hard to stay on the inflatable and even harder to hoist yourself back up when you fell off. Friends of ours from Edmonton were in Penticton at the same time as us and they joined us on the beach that day. It was great to see them and the ladies enjoyed a beverage across the street at the pub and when we returned, the men went across the street to enjoy a beverage (or two!!)!! We also had friends from Edmonton visit us at our campsite one morning! And we had dinner at Cal's aunt's house. She lives in Okanagon Falls and his cousin and her husband were also visiting at the same time, so we all visited Aunt Sharon's the same evening. It was great to catch up with them! It was Gerry and Lesley's anniversary while we were vacationing together so we planned a fun day for that day! Our first stop was Kangaroo Creek farm and I'm so glad we went. It was a very cool experience to hold a baby Joey and to walk around amongst the grown-up kangaroo's!! We enjoyed a delicious lunch at Joey's and visited Kelowna city park, walking along the beach and taking in the beautiful scenery :) Some of our other fun sightseeing activities included picking peaches, cherries and cucumbers at Hillside Country Market just outside Oliver. It was a SUPER hot day that day so we decided it would be the perfect day to jump off a bridge ;) lol ... Maybe that doesn't sound safe but this is a big tourist thing in Penticton!! There's even a ladder to climb back up! The bridge is between Okanagan Falls and our campground, on the Kettle Valley Railway trail. It is a cute little trestle bridge and Cal and the kids were so brave to take the plunge!! I really wish I would have jumped too but I left my swimsuit in the truck. Next time for sure!! Now I can not forget to mention the epic ice cream cones we enjoyed between the orchard and the bridge jumping!! We'd heard for days how we had to visit Tickleberry's in Okanagan Falls - the largest of all the Tickleberry's!! We we did just that and boy are we glad we did :) Delicious ice cream, 72 different flavor choices, home made fudge and chocolates, gift shop and souvenirs! A cool place for sure!! I can't believe all we packed in to our days in Penticton and really didn't want to leave this wonderful place! I definitely fell in love with the area :) We will be back for sure!!
This ended our time with the Stony Plain Cameron's. The kids were so sad to leave their cousins, they had such a great time together!! It was awesome to have all this time with them as we don't get a chance to visit much usually! They get along so well!
Part 4 of the road trip coming up next :)
Stay tuned ...
~Tracy
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