Plodding on

I have passed so many spectacular lakes in the past few days, this is Lake Chute. I've done more swimming in the last week than the last year! They also make great spots for camping and you're pretty much guaranteed good company and conversation from fellow campers. Common themes of conversation have been the lunacy of Trump and Buddhism! (Buddhism generally, not the lunacy of it.)

I haven't encountered any snakes yet but I continue to proceed with caution. Camping in the woods makes me a little jumpy but sleeping with bear spray at my side is some comfort. Hope I won't need to use it...

Friendly Canadian folk on a trestle at the Myra Canyon on the Kettle Valley Railway. Lots of loose gravel tracks make for a tiring ride but if the alternative is the hard shoulder of a highway, I'll suffer on the gravel.

The Okanagan region is akin to the Mediterranean; hot, dry and intensively farmed. There are roadside stalls everywhere selling the abundance of soft fruits of the region - apricots, cherries and peaches dominate. They soon turn to pulp as they crash around in my bar bag. I'll just have to eat them up quicker...