Hokey Pokey Shower

On Monday  May 16th, rain descended on us again as we drove from Lincoln Rock park in Washington across the Canada/Washington border to Okanogan Lake. The border crossing was, fortunately, uneventful and we breezed through quickly.

Fruit tree pest protection in Chelan WA

Columbia River reflections

Osoyoos border crossing into Canada

After a quick stop in Penticton for a few groceries, a new SIM card for our phone, and the routine Canadian money exchange, we selected a campsite in Okanogan Provincial Park South. It was very wet and muddy and pouring down rain, so a quick walk around the park was all we could accomplish before eating an early dinner inside the camper and turning in for the night.

Sshh - even the bats were staying in

One misty, moisty evening at Okanogan Lake

Tucked in for the evening in Okanogan Park

Lakeside views in the mist were not a high priority

The next morning Nancy enjoyed a hokey-pokey shower. Apparently, since the campground was just opening, the hot water was still turned off, so the solution... "stick your right arm in, stick your right arm out, stick your right arm in and you shake it all about..." A quick dance around the shower had to suffice. (This name was courtesy of a charming Canadian archaeology student we met, who lived for a short while in South Africa with her family. She took hokey-pokey showers there with her brother... The shower water was sourced from a water tank on the top of their home and the coldest water from the tank drained from the bottom first.) A great visual.

Our drive out of town, around the Okanogan area on hwy 97 was sluggish at best, so we were relieved when we finally escaped and climbed through the lovely green ranch land and hills toward Kamloops and beyond.

We stopped for a quick lunch (inside the Casita) at the Pearce Rest Area

At Little Fort, we turned onto Hwy 24, the "Fishing Hwy" and climbed toward the snow-capped mountains and Lac de Roches to, hopefully, locate a favorite camping spot from 1994 when we visited the area with the kids...

Entertaining bulletin board business ads along the way:

• "Wild Rides Towing" (before or after?)
• "Two Burly Men Moving"
• "Two Little Men with Big Hearts Moving" (their local competition)
• "Car and Dog Wash" (Can't you just hear it..."Elmer; now you and Slobber go back and get that mud off you before you step into this clean kitchen!")

More soon...