Travelled for an hour and a half past market gardens and farms to get to the salmon run. Lovely clustering of trees on a farm on Yankee Flats Rd that begged for a photo to be taken.

The Sockeye Salmon Run at Adam’s River is an impressive event – over 30 million four year old salmon risk their lives in a once-in-a-lifetime chance to mate . They transform from silver to brilliant red bodies and green head and tails. By sniffing the water chemistry along their almost 500 km journey, the males find their way to where they were laid as eggs four years previously. They mass up in teeming pools waiting to restore their energy to surge up the river, at times even having to leap out of the water over rocks or fallen trees.They fight for their piece of the river and their partner. Once their deed is done, the adults succumb to their exhaustion and starvation, then slip away with the current. Awwwh!  Lovely day to stroll through the park. 

Laid back day on 18th, catching up on blog writing, visit to remedial massage therapist for much-needed attention to ouchy shoulder and left arm and then a little drive to a very expensive gated-estate with incredible water views over Lake Okanaga…just at the end of the road where I’m staying.

Jacqui, Jack and I went out to dinner at Station BBQ – not for vegetarians – major smoked meats place – ribs, brisket, sausages, pulled pork……I tried a new appetizer, “a frickle”- a tangy dill pickle in lightly battered breadcrumbs and deep-fried. Here’s a frickle photo (haha). Will always try once.