There was an incredible amount of smoke from the British Columbia wildfires. We couldn’t see much beyond the road. Apologies, the photos aren’t great.
As we started into BC, there were still miles of fruit trees, but also a huge number of vineyards. A lot of them looked newly planted on old orchard land.
A bit further down the road, a gorgeous day.
But things went downhill quickly with the smoke as we progressed north up the west coast of Okanagan Lake which was pretty incredible. It is 84 miles long!
Then the visibility and air quality got really bad. I’m sure given the terrain and the (terrifying) dropoffs that the views would have been phenomenal.
This is the view from tonight’s campsite at a lovely spot. Luckily the winds made the air relatively good at the site – because it is very warm here (high 80’s F) and it was nice to be outside for a bit.
Tomorrow we are headed further north towards some active fires, keep your fingers crossed for us! There aren’t a lot of ways to detour up here, once you commit to a route, it is pretty much it. So hoping there are no new road closures tomorrow.
3 For the Road 