We had beautiful weather in Vancouver and then drove up to the Okanagan on Monday, where we were treated to snow squalls on Tuesday.

We spent the afternoon visiting relatives we hadn’t seen in years, laughing, catching up, and having a great time. The rotten weather wasn’t a problem.

Today was a much nicer day – cool, but sunny, so we headed out to enjoy the scenery and of course, the wines.

It’s still early in the season, so the vines are all bare. But that means that you get a better look at the stems. Most are the same as I’ve seen elsewhere, but we also saw one area where the were split into two rows like this.

I’m guessing this is for a certain kind of grape, but I have no idea if that is correct. If anyone knows, please let me know.

Although the vines were’t budding, the trees were beginning to flower. Perfect for allergy season…

I started this post with a view of snow squalls on the other side of Lake Okanagan. Here how it looked late this afternoon. Much nicer.

And here is one of the wineries we visited today. My kind of name.

We finished the day with dinner at Elma, a lovely Turkish restaurant in Penticton, with food to die for.