We returned from our trip to Kelowna, BC Canada today and decided to go straight south to the US/Canada border near Osoyoos and then take Hwy 20 across the mountains. Whew! It was a bit of a drive. There is still snow up there and the evidence of several snow slides/avalanches that clearly closed the road and took tremendous effort to clear. There were a couple of spots that had snow still 12 - 15 feet deep as well. Then, once we had summitted and started on our way down the west side we encountered, of course, rain! Such rain too! Waves of hard rain, then light rain, then dry and back to downpour all within a mile or two. Crazy!
Our conclusion is that this is a longer way to go, slowed by many small towns, low speed limits and many warnings of deer on the road (though we did not see any, alive or dead, during our trip today - there was a sign that indicated an average of 260 deer killed on Hwy 20 each year with 91 already killed this year!). I think we will be using the Canadian route should we take more trips to the BC interior.
Snow... still deep in June! Wild.
So was it an overall unpleasant drive? It sounds like it could have been kind of fun (if you have the leisure-time).
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad we were able to skype yesterday!