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Oui, chez moi......perched on the top of a mountain yet 5 mins from town, 10 mins from Nicky's work, the land behind us is all parkland. 5 mins walk from our place up a trail is one of the finest viewpoints over Kelowna, Okanagan Lake and up/down the Okanagan valley. Couple more pics attached taken from Apex Lookout on Knox Mountain. We are in a very nice neighbourhood, it's a very quiet area. We have deer, coyote, racoons around here.

We were very lucky to get our place considering timing and prices round here, and it seems to have been a very good choice. The house itself is everything we could have dreamed of, we feel very lucky and privelidged. Moving quickly meant we were able to settle really fast and getting the house has really helped get our Canadian life off to a flying start, and also being in there before winter/Christmas has helped us settle quicker than we had expected to.

Rich.

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Absolutely beautiful Rich!

I hope we are as blessed when we finally get over there.

:)

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Very, very nice Rich. :)

I'm having visions of you spending hours on end, up on Apex Lookout, big pile o' sandwiches, poloroid in hand, waiting for your sighting of Ogopogo. :D

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Few more snaps taken today while out walking on Knox Mountain.

Rich.

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Not too far off the mark Peas, perfect area for pic-nicking. Went out for a walk today. ended up a 6-miler ! Nicky was most disappointed that she declined my offer of making a flask of hot coffee/whiskey combo brew. Especially as it dropped to -2 while we were out ! :mad: though the sighting of four deer (at just 20 feet distance) on the way home made it all worth it. Very, very cool.

Rich.

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Hi Rich,

It will warm up considerably now - I got my tyres changed this morning!

What a hassle, well I know for next year. Talk about queues :scared: I eventually got a good deal at Canadian Tire - they gave me over $30 per tyre off after some negotiation (I was cheeky and asked, that is what comes of being married to a Yorshireman!). But they couldn't fit them until December 6th. So I ended up buying the tyres and getting them fitted at Wal Mart Tire and Lube Express.

Louise

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Did you go for the studded ones in the end ???

Forecast for -9 tonight. Better shut the windows :eek: that's a bit chilly even for a northerner ;)

Rich.

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-9, It can drop to whatever it wants overnight as long as it is nice and warm tomorrow. Are they still saying -17 in a couple of days?

No, I didn't get studs as I wont be driving much out of Kelowna. Once husband gets here in December, we'll be buying another car - this is the runaround. That car will probably have tyres that take studs.

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Nice pad Rich, Kelowna (along with Victoria) are on our list of potential places to move to when the rug-rats leave home.

As for snow-tires. We got ours from Kal-Tire and they will change them free of charge as many times as you like.

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Beautiful pics! I'd love to get out there one day. Thanks for taking the trouble to share those with us :)

Jon.

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Wimp! Last week before we got a second car my wife needed rescuing in mine for reasons beyond my comprehension. I had to walk and retraced my steps later in the car. 30 km. I'm still limping.

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After 30 klicks I would still be limping this time next year :eek:

Rich

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Good Grief!!! :eek:

Are you still speaking to her??? Hope you had a hot bath!

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Nobody told me I should wear gloves - Now I know I will remember next time. :D

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Unfortunatly not my shovel - in fact not my drive - I went to a friends house to help - we didnt get enough snow to make it worth while clearing - I just drove over the stuff.