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Sunday, June 25, 2017

Big White Brew Fest

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Whenever we visit an area, we always check Trip Advisor to see what the top 10 things to do are. We learned that Big White Ski Resort is open in the summer and has several hiking and biking trails. After our long bike ride yesterday, we thought a nice hike would be in order. When we checked the Big White website, we further learned that they were having a craft beer and music fest on Saturday, June 24, 2017. What could be better than a hike that ends in beer!

Our drive to Big White took us about an hour east of Kelowna. Big White Mountain is the highest mountain in the Okanagan Highlands. From this height, we can see across the valley to the Monashee Mountains. In a few short weeks, we will be driving south on the other side of that range on the way back to the States.


After a leisurely stroll the ski village and a hike around some of the ski runs, we returned to the main lodge to begin sampling local Canadian beers. We were joined by our friends, Tony and Dee Dee Sparks. Cheers!


We staked out a spot at the corner of the tasting area where we could keep an eye on the stage. There were four bands. The Jon Bos Band played a lot of Credence Clearwater Revival. The next performer, Niki Martinus, performed some of her own stuff plus covered Janis Joplin and other female folk artists.


The Big White Ski Resort is very family friendly. There were loads of games for the kids to play. The resort also gave away free snow cones and popcorn.  We munched on popcorn, but passed on the snow cones. However, when they busted out the cotton candy machine, Tony couldn't resist.


What's good for the gander is good for the goose!


After lunch, we decided to take a chair lift ride to the summit.


Because of the unusually high snowfall this year, they weren't able to open the summit hiking and mountain biking trails.


Say "Cheese!"


This is what it looks like when you stop in the middle of a snowball fight to take a picture! No, that's not a blobby white cloud above the trees in the photo below - it's a snowball heaved by Tony directly at David's camera phone.  Luckily, the phone survived the encounter. Dave was not so lucky. His shorts eventually dried.


We called a truce and walked around to take in the scenery. From there, we could look down and see Rhonda Lake. Her shoreline is still icebound.


The resort looks so far down from here.


To help us understand what were were looking at there was a marker with the names of all the peaks. The second peak from the left is Finlayson Ridge. It reminded us of our friends George and Nan Finlayson. Here's to you George and Nan. Cheers!


As we lined up to ride back down, we were an easy target for the black flies and mosquitoes. (Oh, the darker side of RVing.) After dancing and prancing and flailing our arms, we were soon airborn again, leaving behind those pesky little biters.


We ended the day back at our rig for happy hour and a chatty dinner with Dee Dee and Tony. Tomorrow we head to Vernon, BC. Stay tuned.

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