So we started our latest adventure at 6 am on Friday the 17th, said goodbye to Lukie and headed off over the first mountain passes, making a quick stop in Rock Creek to pick up a box of 1,000 pie plates for our friend Carole’s church group who make apple pies to raise money for the church. We had a little bit of rain along the way, but the Mountain passes were all really good, so no issues.
We stopped at the Alkali Lake just out side of Osoyoos. It is called Kllilx, spotted lake, which is under the stewardship of the Sylix Okanagan people. It is a sacred medicine lake and is protected cultural heritage site. In 2001 the 56 acre site is now protected and monitored by its original caretakers.
We arrived in Maple Ridge around 3:30 pm and Carole had a delicious stew and fresh bread for us for dinner.
Fort Langly
On Saturday Carole, Crackers (dog), Len and myself decided
to visit Fort Langley. I had seen a reel
on Facebook that said Vancouver had it’s own Stars Hollow (Gilmore Girls), so
we headed out in the drizzly morning and it is a really cute little town. We walked up and down the street, visited the
Farmers Market, had a fresh baked pretzel, purchased some Cranberry Mustard and
Carole found a really pretty broach at an antique mall. We could visit the
actual Fort Langley because unfortunately they only allow service dogs. I highly recommend visiting, the big
chestnuts trees lining the streets and the cute little shops in historic
buildings make for a very enjoyable day.
On Sunday we went with Carole, Dale and Don to Langly and took in the Vancouver Giants game. I guess we were good luck because they won. Haven’t been to a hockey game in a couple of years. It is the Giants 25th season so we got free hats when we got there. Len got a bucket of popcorn that came in an anniversary container that Don is going to use as a waste paper basket.
On Monday we went on and picked up some last minute items
for the trip. The little purse that I used for my credit cards and phone broke
at home just before we left and I found a cute little wallet with a strap that
will hold my phone, cards and cash for only $7 at Value Village and a few other
items so we were set to leave early Tuesday morning.
