{"id":77,"date":"2015-05-07T22:32:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/?p=77"},"modified":"2015-07-25T14:41:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T18:41:05","slug":"day-6-vernon-bc-may-7-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.7hannahs.net\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/day-6-vernon-bc-may-7-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6 – Vernon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 6 – Vernon, BC (May 7, 2015)<\/p>\n

I made up a day today as I had planned.<\/p>\n

Last night I stayed at the Lake Front Resort in Summerland, located right on the water of Okanagon Lake. \u00a0This morning my first ride was up a steep slope of about 150 m back to the highway.<\/p>\n

I managed to make Kelowna by 10:30 am and had my lunch there before leaving town. \u00a0I arrived in Vernon by about 4 pm and had my supper. \u00a0I am now settling down beside Swan Lake for the night. \u00a0The girl that served my supper had just arrived from Ft. Nelson. She had moved to Vernon to get away from the boredom of a northern BC town.<\/p>\n

The Okanagon Valley is something unlike anything else in BC and Canada. \u00a0Its arid landscape, large rolling hills, and relatively warm temperatures make me think of some place off the Mediterranean, although it lacks the sense of history, culture, and permanent architecture.<\/p>\n

As I am riding my bike with cars speeding by, it is difficult not to question why everyone seems in such a rush. \u00a0You’d think in BC, where everything is so beautiful, that people would be more reflective and laid back. \u00a0Apart from the noticeable but relatively few sporty-out-doorsy-type people (uncle Rich being one) the province seems still more like a new frontier with people bustling to build their life. \u00a0It seems everywhere you meet people who have moved to whatever town in BC from somewhere else. \u00a0I’ve met people now from Italy, Alberta, New Zealand, Austria, Africa, Ft. Nelson.<\/p>\n