Monday June 29, 2015

A lovely rest day in Osoyoos. We had a good night’s sleep and a nice lie-in. I made cheesy omelets for breakfast, lovely. The wi-fi was not very good in our room, I spent a couple of hours sitting near the office so that I could get things up to date.

The lake is just across the road from the motel/campsite.  Along this road (Lakeshore Drive) there are a number of resorts, motels and campsites.  It is a very busy area.

At the turn off to Lakeshore Drive is this very large windmill, yesterday Ralf was busy looking at the map/garmin and I spotted the windmill.  I got to choose wine or beer – wine it was, a nice bottle of Pino Grigio from the area.

At about 11:30 we decided to ride into Town for lunch and to get groceries for dinner. My back tire was running a little low on air again so we popped into the local bike shop and got the inner-tube replaced, the mechanic picked out lots of little metal filings from my back tire. I am so pleased that the tire didn’t go flat on one of the hills that we have been coming across. There is nothing more frustrating and annoying than having to get all the panniers off and change the tire on the side of the road, even worse if you are on a hill.

Highway 3 runs through the downtown core of Osoyoos. It is a nice downtown with some nice shops and a couple of restaurants and cafes. We had a wander up and down the street and then headed back to the grocery store for dinner supplies. Menu Option # 3 – chicken stir-fry with lots of veges and rice.

Ralf took a short ride to the end of the road and found that it changed from resorts to vineyards and apple orchards.

We were in bed early because we need to get an early start with the heat-wave that is hitting the Okanagan Valley. We have a big hill to climb in the morning – 25 kms of up hill!! OMG.