Friday, July 24, 2009

Life in the Orchard


Our old girl made it to Oliver


Our first campsite at Loose Bay


You may be wondering where the Bay is, well there isn't one. In fact this place was more like a desert. Loose Bay is marketed as "the" place for aspiring pickers. Instead it was full of buzzards, bats and questionable looking Quebecors. We thankfully only had to spend one night here, which was lucky because this place will forever be imprinted in my brain as the most terrifying place in British Columbia.


yes they call it Loose "Bay" but bring your own water, cause this place is a desert


The pimpest pad in the Bay


you like?


perhaps Loose Bays best angle. We vowed never to return to Loose Bay, and so our second night in the South Okanagan we forced Rhonda to do some hairy "offroading" and camped at a place we named the Great Lakes, because great they were, well, not great. But hey at least there was actual water there.


On our third day in Oliver we got hired at Garry's Orchard. It must have been some good Canada Day luck. Here is our new home.


nice overalls Lo

We love to hang out in the car


Hey Ash


group reading


Here she is world, the hippy fruit picker

Our super sexy outhouse, by they way, we later learned that this is actually illegal in the orchards because the law requires that bathrooms provided for pickers be cleanable. And you can't clean an outhouse now can you?




I have been subjected to so much "friendship" and so many 'bian jokes




Oh um


Home Sweet Home


The tree house


personal supply

nice earrings Lo


Hey get out of my "cherritory." All puns aside Ash, was actually the pimpest picker.

Who says money doesn't grow on trees?

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Cherryville

Hmm.


Headin' to Cherryville, we got a lot of strange looks and comments like, "Only two things to do in Cherryville, grow pot or cut lumber."


Round the campfire. Shocker, I am having a s'more


down by the river


Don't let go of that rope, or we'll float away.







This is how they "camp" out here.


It is crazy that we went swimming (bathing) in the lake, and you can see snow-capped mountains in the background. Don't get those in Ontario




The three travellers

Doesn't Lauren look classy?


I'm collecting all the Milwaukee ladies




Hmm, we seem to always need one of those. I tried desperately to use my credit card at the pay phone to call everyone I know back home.


The local store, best sausage rolls of life.


Jimmy the kitty. Even I had to admit she was pretty cute.

Last Chance Harvey 97

Just want to make sure Rhonda is ready for us to leave Kelowna.




Lookin' good Ash


At least we kept them outside


Shorts party


Connor invited us to his house for a party.


Thanks for having us, Connor.


TOM!


Lookin' good Ash



Don't we look cute and country? And here's our new friend Dave.


Awww, love you Lauren


TOM


I look a little star struck, eh?


Whoa there drunk eyes.


TOM


Adam and Christy, can't wait to go camping with you guys!



I know it is hard to tell, but that is a pride flag in the window. Who knew they were Proud in Kelowna?


On our way out of town.


And we wonder why nobody likes us. It's built into the marketing campaign. See you in the Orchard