Osoyoos Desert

 I spent last weekend in Osoyoos and Oliver, we brought the kayaks as we did want to get out on the water, but we never made it. The first day we were there is was 36 degrees, way too hot for us to be sitting out on the water with a life jacket strapped on.

We did a lot of driving and exploring, the second photo here is of Spotted Lake just outside of Osoyoos. The mineral deposits are said to have healing properties, I would have loved to get down closer but it's private land and should be respected as such.

We toured a few of the many wineries in the area and tasted some fantastic wine, thanks to Burrowing Owl, Forbidden Fruit, Blasted Church and Road 13
Wineries for some great tasting experiences. This is
my second year venturing down here and I am sure
this will be an annual event for me and any family
members wanting to tag along.

Mouth of the Thompson in Chase

Spent yesterday on the water with on of my favorite kayaking buddies, my daughter! We kayaked from the warf in Chase across the bay to the east side of the bay. The salmon were jumping around us, the sun was out and the powerboats were courteous.....just couldn't ask for a better day. There is a small private beach over there on which I have found several black smooth rocks which appear to have chip marks on them. I have only found them on one part of the beach and they are quite different than all the other stones there. My theory is they are shards off of arrowhead/spearheads, there are so many little thin shards and they are in groups, so I'm sticking with my theory, it's more fun than the other explanations I can come up with:)

There are quite a few little pictographs spread all around in this area but the brush is thick and there are lots of thorns, I usually wear shorts and flip flops when kayaking so it makes it a little hard to get around to get a good look at what there might be for pictographs. I would like to go back in the fall with heavy pants and explore the area better. If anyone knows of the history of this area please drop me a line as I am really interested in learning what I can about these areas. The photo above shows a pictograph in the middle of the photo, I couldn't zoom in to get a clear shot so I'm not sure what the image is of.