The Okanagan has quite a food/drink focus – long growing season, 150 wineries/craft beer and cider brewers/distillers, a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables. And at the end of September, there is a weekend rib-fest for us carnivores.

In early October, there is a week-long wine festival – this is a view of the opening wine tasting event where some 50 wineries were offering their wares for tasting.

Our neighbor invited 25 of the neighbors for thanksgiving and we dined on roast lamb grilled all day on charcoal, smoked turkey, halibut from Haida Gwaii, roast veggies and on and on.  We hosted a dinner for 12 the night before to celebrate our German neighbor obtaining his Canadian citizenship.  Have also been busy working on the house and getting ready for winter – should have an update on the house in a week or so.  And this also marks our two year (and one week) anniversary of starting construction on the house – what a long, strange and satisfying trip it has been.