Today is your day Boomer! I live in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley which is incredibly beautiful in the summer: a big blue lake, orchards filled with fruit, vineyards teaming with grapes, and ponderosa pine mountains. But in the winter, the fog and clouds come in. It must have something to do with the "lake effect". On many winter days we see low cloud and grey, grey weather. It is rather depressing, and I'm sure one of the reasons why many Boomers go south. This year most, of course, are staying put. All the campgrounds and winter facilities are full as many COVID-effected snowbirds did not fly/drive to Arizona, California or Florida. So, they are seeking sunshine. Well, my advice is to go "up" not south. I mean up in elevation to the back country. Hopefully you have a vehicle with good snow tires and four-wheel drive. Try the Apex Mountain area near Penticton. You often rise above the cloud level and enter a winter wonderland of sunshine. Not every day of course, but many days. Just check the forecast. And don't forget to bring those snowshoes, toboggans, skates, skiis, or whatever recreational activity makes your day. It is fannnnnnnnnntastic! Cheers!
Today is your day Boomer! Well, yesterday was my day! My long-awaited dream of building and opening a new high school gym in Summerland came true! 550 students watched, smiled and vigourously applauded as the SD67 school trustees officially cut the ribbon and opened the facility. The kids played in their new gym, in a so-called Rocket Rally, right after that and then 200 more mostly-Summerlanders attended a two-hour opening fundraiser that evening. There were people, young and old, every where: going on tours, eating food, watching volleyball and basketball, listening to speeches, and investing money in 30 community-donated silent auction items and a huge 50/50 raffle...organized by the school's Parent Advisory Council. The final fundraiser tally was about 7000$...made in only two hours! Congratulations students and staff of SSS. Your new gym is finally here, the first new one since 1951! Play on....
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