Jun 16 –
Keromeos- Had a great visit with Ken & Bubs in their nice park trailer resort
along the river. Their son Darren & Glenna and their daughter Keri &
David also dropped by and it was so nice to see everyone….it’s been a long
while since we have seen them.
Jun 17 – Osoyoos via OK Falls and Oliver. In OK Falls we went looking for the falls…..missed them as apparently they are hardly a “falls”.
A pretty drive on back roads to Oliver took us to visit George (Pam was in Vancouver) and Greta and John.
Next was Osoyoos
for a visit with Eva, Jeff, Holly and Emily.
This is a very busy family with work, school, dance, exercise classes and we forgot to take pictures. We had a nice visit as usual!
Jun 18th we arrived in Creston. It had been raining quite a bit along the way. We checked
with the tourist office and learned that there was a 90% chance of rain
overnight. Being the fair weather campers that we are, we decided to stay in a
motel. The next morning it was raining
really hard so we toured the local brewery which was originally part of 4
breweries in the interior and in the 1970 became the Columbia Brewery. It is the
home of Kokanee beer.
Remember the
Sasquatch Kokanee ads?? Very interesting tour and quite the operation.
Jun 18th we arrived in Creston. It had been raining quite a bit along the way. We checked
with the tourist office and learned that there was a 90% chance of rain
overnight. Being the fair weather campers that we are, we decided to stay in a
motel. The next morning it was raining
really hard so we toured the local brewery which was originally part of 4
breweries in the interior and in the 1970 became the Columbia Brewery. It is the
home of Kokanee beer. 
Remember the
Sasquatch Kokanee ads?? Very interesting tour and quite the operation. 
About 25 miles north of Creston is a Glass house that is built out of 500,000 embalming fluid bottles by David Brown who worked in the
The house is constructed
with a single thickness of bottles laid as spokes in a wheel with the necks,
which are short and stubby, towards the inside.
The house is built in cloverleaf pattern. It is really cute with all the rooms in circular shape and containing 1200 sq. ft of floor space. Strips of wood placed between the bottle necks, strengthened with cement and wired to the bottle necks, support the lining of cedar boards which are nailed on perpendicularly.
Such an unusual building created great curiosity and resulted in a loss of Mr. Brown’s privacy, so he decided to open his planned home as a tourist
attraction.
The landscaping offers great views of Kootenay Lake. It was raining really hard so we did not spend too much time outside.
Ft. Steele : We had planned to spend another night in Creston, but due to the weather, decided we would try to arrange to see my cousins in Ft. Steele a day early. Al & I have not seen each other for eons and in the future we are going to do a much better job of staying in touch. He is just a great guy and his wife Brenda is awesome. We had such a wonderful time with Al & Brenda ... can't wait until the next time...perhaps in Vancouver!!
We spent a rainy day visiting Ft. Steele.
With gold rush beginnings in 1864, Fort Steele has gone from boom town to regional centre to ghost town and is now one of the most important heritage attractions in British Columbia.
With gold rush beginnings in 1864, Fort Steele has gone from boom town to regional centre to ghost town and is now one of the most important heritage attractions in British Columbia.
the school.A local street view
The town site features over 60 buildings. It is pretty cool!!
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