The next day we moved on to Vernon. The provincial parks in the
Okanagan are always booked right up throughout the summer, but we knew that Kekuli Bay had overflow camping.
Set up in the overflow parking
So we set up in the parking lot. The campsite host told us we could only stay one night so we went to the visitor information centre to ask about commercial campsites. They recommended Cedar Falls Campsite on the road to Silver Star ski resort.
Later when the campsite attendant came for the fee, she told us we could stay 3 nights. Too late, we'd already made a reservation at Cedar Falls.
We had a little business to do in town, but eventually got too frazzled by all the traffic downtown. Vernon is a busy place in summer!
We headed back to the lake to recharge. We pumped up the inflatable and went for a paddle down Kalamalka Lake.
Hijinks ensued.
Later in the evening we walked down the Okanagan Rail Trail that runs along Kalamalka Lake and all the way to Kelowna.
We saw a California quail with her babies. Further on we came upon a family of cliff swallows (birds of the day) and found their single nest.
That's a swallow peeking out of the nest
Then we were amused by some cliff dwelling marmots.
We kept walking until it got too dark to see the birds and
the evening glow lit up the hills, so we turned back to the campsite.
(Artsy shot courtesy of Leo)
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