After a day off a climb up Giants Head Mountain

After visiting the dentist yesterday morning and taking it easy in the afternoon, we decided on a hike up a mountain today. I needed to walk off the the shock of a dentist visit, having the tooth pulled wasn't so bad, it was paying the bill afterwards that sent me into shock.

 

The beginning of the hike, looking back over Summerland and Lake Okanagan.

 

From a bit higher, I had the idea I would take the same view from different heights, but the switchbacks wouldn't co-operate .

 

This view is looking across Prairie Valley, it runs westwards this shot is across the valley looking north.

 

The final part or so I thought, there was more to come.

 

Just short of the summit.

 

Made it, an hour and a half, I was a little puffed when we reached the top.

 

 The view looking southeast a little hazy I'm afraid.

Giants Head Mountain is 845 meters, 2771 feet tall, and is called that because the top of the mountain resembles a giants head.

Clinton to Summerland, BC

A longer drive than we planned, we hoped to stay at Vernon, but the traffic was something else, trying to get to the campgrounds along 97 was just imposable, I suppose after the last couple of months up north we need to get our minds round busy roads again, plus in this part of BC the other drivers show no mercy. We wondered at the road signs telling you not to pass snow ploughs on the right, I'm thinking who would try to do such a crazy thing as that? well after today I now know. To make it more scary there was a cloudburst in Vernon this afternoon, you couldn't see a thing, maybe 2 to 3 meters, made no difference to the local drivers, they just carried on.

 

After leaving Clinton the countryside changed and we were driving through this semi desert type scenery, looks more like Arizona without the cactus.

   

Our picnic stop, Monti

Lake just after turning of highway 1 back on the 97 to the Okanagan.

 

Peach Orchard Beach, Summerland.

 

Looking across the lake from Summerland to the eastern shore.

 

Looking south from the boat launch in the park.

Today was going to be spent walking a lakeside trail and then a drive up Giants Head mountain, but plans are made to change. For the last couple of days I've had a wobbly tooth, no pain, hoping it would go away, no such luck this morning work up with tooth ache, so off to visit the dentist, well search one out to begin with, sure to be one in Summerland.

In and around Clinton, BC.

Spent the day (labour day monday) driving round the sights of Clinton.

 

See the broken wheel, they wanted $38. for it, the cart behind was$3750. forgot to look how much the wash tub was.

 

This stove was over $800. rust included. 

 







Didn't look to see the price of this carriage, is that what it is? to nice to be a cart.

 

As we were leaving Clinton to explore the countryside we passed this little fella, cute eh.

 

The countryside around Clinton.

 

Painted Chasm Canyon.

 

The northern end of the canyon looking south.

 

This little guy weaving a web on my pants.

 

Don't like spiders much, I suppose his mother loves him.

 

Finished the day at the old pioneer cemetery, a different day out for sure.