Day 4

This is an exciting day! we are only 4 hours away from our final destination and we are going on wine tours :)

We wake up around 7, SO EXCITED for our continental breakfast. The sleep seemed to rejuvenate our appetite; hard boiled eggs, english muffins, cereal, juice, coffee and tea! We had it all.

Our first stop was at a TINY winery called "Rollingdale" a friend from school works there, and I bought a bottle of "Riewurztrafelseron"......a uber blend of: Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Auxerrois, Semillon and Ehrenfelser. Its smooth, quaffable and fun, a good start to my new life on the West Coast. The second winery was a no brainer; Mission hill. The vincor of the Okanagan; Esthetically pleasing to every sense, including those you didn't know about. We didn't try any of the wine, I knew it would be delicious, but I came for the view.
Driving along the streets of Kelowna, you quickly realize just how well the economy is doing there. The houses were painstakingly beautiful with views that the Queen would envy.

The seed is planted, and germinating, to my eventual move there (maybe).

We continue on our way and leaving the Oak is sad but I know i'll be back! i'm only 3 hours away. Driving through the mountains here is a little different. There's signs all over the highway warning "SEVER WINTER WEATHER IF FLASHING" thank goodness it wasn't flashing, but we did experience flash fog, then flurries, then sun and repeat 12 times.

Our first stop is to drop Amanda off in Chilliwack, we go to her brothers work (a bike shop) and its so good to see him! I haven't seen him in 7 year either! i literally have a picture of me holding him as a new born. Crazy how time flies.

And then to Abbotsford. I don't know what to expect, but once there, I am more than pleasantly surprised. Coast mountains, followed by snow capped ones, clean, beautiful city with all the essential amenities, a large red pine forest nearby. My version of perfection. I couldn't be happier.