Oliver and Lake Idleback

Sunday was a driving day through the  Fraser and Thompson area. It climbed quite high and therefore
came across quite a lot of snow on the side of the road.

We arrived in the town of Osoyoos which is the first town in the Okanagan Valley. It is the main fruit growing region but we were too early. the wine region also starts from here and driving up to Oliver was all vineyards,mainly organic.

Some very friendly local people showed us to a campsite by the river which was very pleasant and we had a lovely walk along the river looking at all the different birds.

Monday saw us drive to Penticton a town in between 2 lakes. it has a sandy beach over 1km and I even had a swim. The place gets very overcrowded in summer and it had a feel of Lake Wanaka but bigger. I had researched a lake for Lloyd to have a fish at so we headed up to lake Idleback. The name is so true as it has about 12 campsites well spread out and is free.

We set up and it was not long before Lloyd was fishing right by our van and I settled with a book. We had decided to stay for a few days as it was time for a chill out.