"the northern tip of Canada's only desert"...you don't need a compass here. If the hill is brown, it's facing south or west. If there are thick forests and abundant growth, the hill is facing north or east...or you're on lakefrontage ($$$$$$$). Dead hillsides are cheaper to buy than green hillsides, LOL.
About 5 minutes from downtown Vernon, subdivisions border Kalamalka Lake. These 4 pics show approx 200-degree view along the lake.
The next three pics show the interesting landforms left by retreating glaciers...you know...when Washington and Oregon got all our topsoil, ha ha.
I live at the base of the brown hill in the following pic: hotter and drier than a firecracker in the summer, and BRRRRRR cold in winter from the open terrain.
Happy dog after the drive...
Got home in time to see a big black bear in a tree across the road....
Vernon City Hall website showing (bigger) Okanagan Lake, etc.
http://www.vernon.ca/lifestyles/history/index.html
It was fun to goof off for the afternoon.
Thanks for lookin!
Barb
