Kelowna

Chris and I have wanted to get to Kelowna, British Columbia since we moved here! A lot of people talk about this place and visit it frequently. The weather is very mild compared to Edmonton and it's in wine country...can't get much better than that! We look often and just decided a few weeks ago to head there over the September long weekend. We flew out Friday night after school got out and flew back home early morning on Tuesday in time for Chris to get to work and the kids to get to school!

We stayed at a place I found on VRBO. It was right near the lake and turned out to be a great place to stay. They had some flood damage so we ended up getting a nice discount too which didn't hurt;) On our first day there we drove around a bit to get our bearings and then we hit up the beach and played for a couple hours! The beaches there are amazing and have tons of fun equipment for the kids. After the beach we stocked up on some local produce from the orchards and then hit up a couple wineries. I have been to several wineries and Chris has too, but we've never been together! It was fun and we definitely need to do it again, but next time...sans kids. We ate lunch and then walked around the vineyard and played bocce ball...pretty perfect day.

Sunday we rented a boat and headed out on Okanagan Lake for the day! It was so so fun and the highlight of the trip for me. Lots of really rich people retire in Kelowna so the houses are amazing on the water. We did a little tubing and jumping in the lake, but most of the time was spent just crusing around looking at everything and taking in the view.

Monday we hit up the beach again in the morning and in the afternoon took a drive to the other side of the city to go to two more wineries. The kids did awesome...definitely not a super kid friendly place, but they did the best they could. All in all, a super fun little weekend getaway!