We're stuck in the valley between two mountain ranges. Can't get out due to icy road and snow conditions so we are in the hotel until the mountain passes are cleared and safe to travel. It is a beautiful town here so we will try to find some museums and things to do for another day to again check on the passes for tomorrow.
We left Cranbrook yesterday to travel several mountain passes which were all in the clouds and full of snow and ice. It was not a very good day for me. I just wanted to go home. Finally we made it over them going about 40 kms. It took us 7 hours to drive 400 kms. It's different than travelling in Europe in the mountains because it's so moist and when the clouds hang over the top, there is a constant snow fall.
We did have a lovely trip along the number 3 highway all the way into Creston - pretty flat and through the valley all the way. It was after Creston that the mountains start and we didn't know for the first mountain that we could have taken a ferry to avoid it but nowhere did we see a sign or info on the ferry.
We went through several orchard towns, all still with their leaves on the trees and so quaint looking. Very mild weather, hot, and laid out to look like little fairytale villages. Here in osoyoos, the wineries are plentiful, the weather is usually hotter and so we have rain today instead of snow. An odd phenomenon. Again, more delays - such is the way of the travellers.
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