I'm back! (Finally, and with a good post!) Here are some of the highlights from our Armstrong, BC trip.
The land is beautiful up there, and it is definitely God's country. This is one of my favourite places in the entire universe, and even though I have never lived here, it its my home.
We took my mom and dad's trailer along and we stayed on our friend's property. These friends of ours also own a custom farm operation. The drive up didn't look too promising, since it rained most of the way up there, but after that, we had blue skies and 35 degree-plus days up there.
It was perfect. the view from one side of our trailer was all fields, and the other view was of all of the equipment at their yard. I was happy, and David was very happy! We were also staying up there during prime cutting time. It was incredible to see (and work on) such large scale farms, and huge parcels of land.
We spent an entire day out in Sorrento, BC raking up huge fields. The one field only had two outside rounds down in it (it was 160 someodd acres) and it took us an HOUR to rake up the two rounds. It was so much fun. I even did a little raking that day. The song "Flyover States" by Jason Aldean was in my mind that entire day. I know I live in Canada, but the message still covers any beautiful place!
We also did a lot of day trips. We spent time in the old part of downtown Vernon, where they have an awesome bookstore, and this amazing restaurant called The Palace. They serve up the most delicious, ethnic East Indian food that I have ever tasted! In the newer part of Vernon, we discovered this place called The Bulk Barn. They have every single thing that you could imagine in bulk there. Baking stuff, candy, nuts, chocolate...you name it! The best little marked that we checked out was the DeMille's store in Salmon Arm, BC. They carried local products, and they all looked so delicious. David knows some people who live out in Enderby, so we also did a few drives out there. The water was still exceptionally high in Grindrod and Enderby. I got to visit my sister store out in Salmon Arm as well! It was very neat to see!
I took a lot of barn pictures, but those will show up in a collection some other time! I want to dedicate a whole separate post to them!
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| Our truck hauling the trailer. We were stopped in Merrit, BC. I really had to go to the bathroom! |
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| The view from the trailer |
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| FENDT |
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| The BEST ever ethnic East Indian food in old downtown Vernon, BC. |
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| Driving to Sorrento, BC. |
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| Salmon Arm, BC. |
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| Entering Salmon Arm, BC. |
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| Somewhere in the small town of Tappen, BC. The rake is ready to go! |
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| Chillin' on a dirt road..... |
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| The huge dairy that we spent the day at. |
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| Like Tatoos on this town |
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| Raking begins! |
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| The buggy and chopper behind us |
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| Such sweet alfalfa! |
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| Just as free....free as we'll ever be.... |
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| Break |
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| I took a lot of pictures. |
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| I decided to stay outside for a bit and take some pictures |
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| Raking the upper fields by the barn |
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| Fence line |
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| Beauty. |
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| We worked until the cows literally came home |
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| Alfalfa leaves |
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| Wildflowers and a gate |
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| Even their weeds are pretty up there! |
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| I was goin' out with my boots on. |
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| Stirring up dust. |
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| My sister store in Salmon Arm. |
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| High waters in Enderby, BC. |
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| More high waters |
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| Water where it shouldn't be! |
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| More water! |
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| A cute red barn |
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| An old brick house in Vernon, BC. Looks like a plantation home! |
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| Oh the ponies that were up there! |
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| The best store ever! Candy everywhere! |
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| The most delicious European caramel wafer bar I've ever had. |
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| Round bales. It took them four days to work this field. |
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| Golden. |
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| Individual shot. |
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| Alfalfa and wheat. Just starting to turn gold. |
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| Loading up a piece of machinery that sold. |
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| The hubby tying it down. |
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| He's goin' out with his boots on too! |
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| Beautiful. |
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