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Further down Penticton Creek

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Yesterday I posted about the bridge over Penticton creek but today I’m moving about 400 metres (1300 ft) further along to where the creek empties into Okanagan Lake.

By this time of year, this creek is usually moving very slowly, desultorily, somnolently with only a little water trickling through the centre of this channel.

This year, however, it’s a regular river with lots of water and very happy trees and ducks. After years of drought, this verdant growth is wonderful to see!

And here it joins the lake, adding to the lake’s water level and giving everyone on the bridge another lovely view.

Happy Tuesday.

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Bridge over the Creek

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We live near Penticton Creek and one of its pretty foot bridges.

Usually, this creek is now down to a little dribble, but because we had a wet autumn followed by a wet winter and then a wet spring, this creek has been very full and running swiftly.

And all that very welcome rain – we had been experiencing a three-year drought – has turned the little creek into something of a river, especially where it widens out to empty into Okanagan Lake.

I often stop to admire it, to listen to its gurgling and to enjoy all the trees growing near it …

… trees that are very verdant this year because they have had lots of water …

… and to also enjoy the flowers that occasionally grow there, too.

Happy Monday.

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A Mountain Lake

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

Okanagan Lake about a month ago.

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!

Recent Skaha Lake.

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.

A sunny, late afternoon Skaha Lake Marina.

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.

At the south end: pretty at mid-day.

Happy Wednesday.