Blog Categories
- Blog home
- Cariboo Chilcotin Coast (9)
- Mighty Fraser Country (19)
- Northern BC (10)
- The Kootenays (17)
- Thompson-Okanagan (19)
- Tourism Associations (3)
- Uncategorized (0)
- Vancouver (197)
- Vancouver Coast Mountains (26)
- Vancouver Island (110)
- Victoria (57)
- Whistler (17)
Vernon Categories
- Thompson-Okanagan
-
Vernon
- No categories
Related Travel Information
Category: Vernon
Davison Orchards Farm Village
Davison Orchards has been a fixture in Vernon, BC for decades. It is a family run farm and market that has opened its doors and welcomed the community in and the result is a wonderful family friendly attraction. For my children it is a must whenever we are in the area. They love the Crazy Cow Kids’ Corral with its fantastic playground. Their favourite activity, however, is the rubber duck races. Pumping the old fashioned handles as fast as they can to send more water down the chutes and make their ducks go faster. It makes for shrieking and often […]
Ogopogo or too much wine?
In the last few days some mainstream newspapers have reported that a fellow named Dan Poppoff found an odd looking 1.2-metre-long carcass in June 2009 while kayaking Lake Okanagan, where Kelowna sits. www.theprovince.com/Ogopogo+washed+Okanagan+Lake+shoreline/1768656/story.html Speculation is that this is Ogopogo, the lake monster that’s similar in both sightings and improbability of the Loch Ness Monster. OK, if he took a picture, why is it not in the hands of the press? I also frankly don’t believe the so-called native legends because I have the distinct feeling that any existing lore was skimpy (e.g. fairy tale stuff) and then, to annoy the […]