The Kettle Valley Railway Trail and onwards to the mountains

Despite the noise coming from the newlyweds in the neighbouring room, we both managed to sleep well and again woke to a beautiful sunny morning and an early start- they were just unlocking the doors as we arrived at the Grape Leaf café in Naramata for breakfast - a meal which kept us going for most of the day.

After we checked out and packed up the car we walked across the road and up the hill to the KVR trail and walked about 8km of the section from Penticton to Chute Lake. It was a great walk on a very gentle incline and although it was popular with cyclists we had it to ourselves for long sections. There were great views over Okanagan Lake and the surrounding hills and valleys and despite the warnings we didn't see any rattlers.

And if we had thought to bring a bottle of wine and some glasses we found the perfect rest stop!

Then it was back to the car and Highway 97 North towards the mountains - along the side of a variety of lakes as we headed up to Revelstoke and our fist view of the Rockies - still warm and sunny here as we checked into the Regent Hotel in time for a cool beer and a plate of Nachos.