Well, a long time has passed since I've blogged on this blog. The Olympics and Paralympics came and went and I was really excited and enjoyed that time earlier this year. I created a pin blog after the Olympics and Paralympics were over so updated that for a while: www.olympicsparalympics.wordpress.com

I used to blog regularly then just blogged about my vacations. Here's a recap of my latest vacation with N and A. Thanks to my physiotherapist L for recommending great restaurants to eat at: Salty's, The Hooded Merganser, and the Barking Parrot in Penticton and Village Grounds in Naramata. All were really good!

We were in Penticton from August 4 to 8. We went to Summerland and rode the Kettle Valley Railway steam train, went to Sumac Ridge Winery (official winery of the Olympics), Summerland Sweets and had lunch at Local Lounge Grill. We got peaches, cherries and blueberries. The peach and cherries were delicious and juicy! We walked around Lake Breeze Winery then went to Naramata for lunch at the Village Grounds and then walked around the Naramata Heritage Inn and Spa which L said had a good wine bar. We went on a dinner cruise on Okanagan Lake. The scenary was so beautiful everywhere we went. A got heat stroke but luckily recovered by the next day.

We watched a spectacular lightning storm from our motel along with the rest of the guests there. Kids were splashing around in the deep wide puddles in the parking lot and we saw people running back shortly after the downpour started.

We went to the fair at the Peach Fest and saw an Elvis impersonator perform named Relvis and then later saw him in the Aboriginal Cultural Village behind one of the concessions. N and I joined the aboriginals in their pow-wow. They were in beautiful bright coloured costumes and the men had a lot of ornaments and feathers. There was a dance competition for the audience and N placed in the top 3 women! I got knocked out the first round and I was so hot and tired as it’s quite a high-impact aerobic workout where you bounce twice on one foot and then twice on the other foot! My back, neck, arch and knees were sore for the next few days. N sprained her ankle as we were dancing on grass and she couldn’t dance in her sandals so went barefoot. A didn’t want to dance and just watched us.