I post lots of pictures of Okanagan Lake since it’s very close and I walk next to it almost every day.

But as I’ve written before, Penticton sits between two lakes; the other at the south end of town is called Skaha. It’s smaller and shallower and as result the swimming, canoeing, paddle boarding and other activities that might lead to a dunk in the water start there earlier because it warms so much faster. Despite the fact that it’s a mountain lake, by the time the end of July arrives, Skaha is about as warm as bath water!

Since moving from the south end of town, we don’t often visit Skaha, but it has a beautiful beach and very calm summer waters.

We recently did a short hike across one end of it and marvelled at how pretty it is; we may do a beach visit a bit later this month before it becomes really busy.

Happy Wednesday.