Our next destination was Kekuli Provincial Park on Kalamalka Lake near Vernon in the Okanagan Lake. We arrived shortly after 11 am. The campsite was already full; fortunately, they allow overflow camping in the parking lot, but only for 2 nights.
We forgot to take a picture of our trailer, but we took one when we stayed in the parking lot 2 years ago, only it wasn't as crowded. By evening there were 20 rvs in the overflow and we had large motor homes parked on either side of our standard width parking slot.
They told us we could get in line in the morning for the 4 sites that would be vacated that day, but that would mean lining up at 8 am and waiting till checkout time at 11 am. We declined. We heard there were sites available down the road at Ellison Provincial Park on Okanagan Lake so we drove over to check out the situation. It was also full but had overflow parking in a small lot more suitable for vans than truck and camper. So we decided to stay where we were for 1 more night and then move on.
Nevertheless we had a good time. The first day we paddled over to the other less populated side of the lake.
There's steep cliffs coming down to the water on this side.
You can see how clear the water is in the lake.
There were a few ducks, geese and grebes on the water. Let's call this red-necked grebe
the bird of the day!
In the evening we walked the rail trail along the west lakeshore until dusk.
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