Fires

You may have heard about the fires up here in Kelowna. They were all man made and 3 houses were burned down and some damage to a mill in town here. There are many pics on the Internet you can check out. I was on evacuation notice on Sunday. That was a bit freaky as I've never been around fires like that before. I was amazed at how fast it could all happen, but that was also due to the very high winds that night!!. Most of the fires are now contained and shouldn't pose any more problems. New fires could start and they are calling for thunderstorms in the next couple of days. The rain will help, but not the lightening. I'm hoping to go camping this weekend and it should be fine, but no campfires allowed.

Summer Solstice and Bingo

Marcia came up to visit me around the summer solstice weekend. We had a great hike up the High Rim Trail. It is about 50+km and goes up the east side of the lakes to Vernon. We only went out for a couple of hours, but it would be fun to do the whole thing. At least in sections as there are some different access point.

We had a rainy day and decided that we would go to bingo. I treat a few older ladies and they talk of bingo. I had never been so we went for a couple of hours. I didn't know there was so much to bingo with all the different games and rules, etc. It wasn't smoking - actually quite clean and quiet. I got lots of cards and got dizzy by the end of a few games for looking quickly at all the cards. We even had to buy our own dabbers. We were trying so hard not to laugh too much and annoy the serious regular. Neither of us won so we yelled BINGO in the car on the way home:).

That night was the summer solstice and there was a celebration at the Summerhill Winery. There is a pyramid there that they let their wine sit in to get the pyramidal energy, etc. I need to take a proper tour to find out more. At the top of the pyramid inside is a huge crystal. There was a meditation, potluck veggie dinner and, then, drumming and dancing afterwards. It was very cool and would go again.

Mom's visit

Hi there. It has been a while so here are some things to catch up on. Mom came out for the visit. She flew into Vancouver while Mark was there and we had a couple of days there together while I was on my course. She drove back to Kelowna where we spent a good few days here. There were some photos she took, but she hasn't sent them too me yet to put on here:). Come on Mom!!!!