Okanagan Trip April 2012 Day 4 April 19

My dad and I went to Armstrong in the morning and had breakfast at McDonald's.  The museum there wasn't open because that location was having a book sale.  We visited the Cheese Factory and relaxed a bit until stores were reading to open.  I went to Shamrock Books and took a couple of photos of the cats, who acted like I had a gun and freaked at the sight of the camera. I also bought some DVDs at Video Express.

We returned to Vernon where we grabbed my luggage and went to my aunt (Dad's sister)'s place and hung out with her and another cousin.

We drove to Kelowna International Airport and hung out for a bit, then my dad left. I was going to have dinner there but had a pretty big meal at my aunt's place so I opted to wait until later.

As with the way over, I got some decent take-off and landing photos during the plane trip but due to rain we were in clouds for most of the trip.

Upon arriving in Victoria International Airport, I had hoped to dash to McTavish Park & Ride and grab a city bus home from there, but it was pouring so I opted to take the expensive Akal Airporter instead.

Okanagan Trip April 2012 Day 3 April 18 Vernon, Osoyoos

• Left Vernon with Dad just before 10, picking up Dad's friend and his sister along the way
• Drove to Kelowna
• Took an alternate route to Osoyoos that unintentionally added over an hour to the trip
• Passing a few small towns along the way; went up and down a mountain and thus saw snow
• Took photos of a viewpoint looking down at Osoyoos from above
• Had a choice between A&W and McDonald's for lunch in Osoyoos; chose A&W but cashier was new and struggled with orders
• Finally made it to the Desert Model Railroad Museum; took over 1000 photos
• Passed Oliver and Penticton where we'd hoped to stop had but couldn't because we were behind schedule
• Was late for a meet with a cousin, but since her mom was on the trip, was able to connect with her at their place, as cousin realized that something had gone wrong.
• Had Chinese food dinner with just my cousin and we caught up.
• There was some confusion getting back inside Dad's place because he was on the phone when I tried to get buzzed in; finally ot in

Okanagan Trip April 2012 Day 2 April 17

·         Watched Unstoppable with my dad in the morning

·         While my dad pursued other activities wandered around Vernon

·         Walked from downtown to Wild West Exchange and bought some blu-rays including X-Men: First Class

·         Walked to the Real Canadian Superstore where a cousin works; didn’t see her that day

·         Walked to Wal-Mart and got a couple DVDs

·         Walked to Future Shop and picked up the 5^th season of Rescue Me

·         Walked back downtown Vernon

·         Visited Raven Traders, Expressions of Time, Eclectibles, Common Exchange, Smart Choice Liquidators

·         Bought a couple DVDs (one for my dad) at Welk Mart

·         Bought a book at Bookland

·         Visited the Real Canadian Wholesale Club, Polson Park, a dollar store that had replaced Rogers Video

·         Bought some blu-rays and a DVD at Ebeneezer’s

·         Visited Vernon Center Pawn, a pet store, K&K Bookstore, Omar’s Collectibles

·         Went to where the marmots hang out; had trouble finding them but eventually found one in the back of the building they hang out at

·         Returned to my dad’s place; he wasn’t in so returned to the marmots (got photos of one standing up), visited Safeway, more marmot photos, then back to my dad’s place

·         Hung out with my dad; we watched Suckers and its best bonus feature, a primer on dealing with car dealers

Okanagan Trip April 2012 Day 1 April 16

·         Grabbed breakfast at McDonald’s

·         Took 70 to McTavish Exchange, crossed an overpass, and took the 83 to Victoria International Airport

·         Nearly lost debit card without realizing it; luckily it turned up at the Westjet counter

·         Got some great take-off and landing photos but was within clouds in between

·         Dad met me at Kelowna International Airport

·         We drove to Orchard Park Mall where I had a short but nice visit with my friend Dorey, then we drove to my Aunt Stella’s place

·         We (Dad, Aunt Stella, and I) drove to the Old Spaghetti Factory and soon after I explored downtown Kelowna on my own

·         Got a couple comic trades at High Browse Books, visited Mosaic Books, visited City Park, got some blu-rays at Trade & Save

·         Leaving downtown, I tried to visit another video store but it was now a Subway

·         Visited Ted’s Paperback & Comics then returned to my aunt’s place; ironically she and my dad had gone for a short drive and returned at the same time

·         We hung out at my aunt’s place for a bit longer then headed to Vernon

·         We got stalled by construction between Kelowna and Winfield but finally made it to Vernon

·         Saw a marmot en route to my Dad’s place

·         Rest of eve we just unwinded and watched part of one movie and all of another