Boucherie Mountian, if you live in Westbank you are used to looking at it, driving around in or even partially over it as you wind your way to one of our many wineries or on your way to Kelowna. As things sometimes happen, I have hiked many places in the the world but not some right at my back door, Boucherie is a prime example of that. So...on this return trip home I have taken the time to hike to the top several times and what a nice hike it is. Though not that long of a distance, the assent and decent can be quite steep but the reward at the top is magnificent...a 360 degree view of the Okanagan Lake from Okanagan Landing to Peachland. Though these pictures may be somewhat duplicate, I felt the need to include all of them.
The view north, up Okanagan Lake with Kelowna and the Okanagan bridge in the background.
Who's the "King of the Castle"? Ken still loves to climb to the top of any rock pile he can find, like a billy goat!
The first time up Boucherie was on Thanksgiving weekend, in preparation for a big Thanksgiving dinner. Share used an App on her phone to measure the elevation gain and distance of our hike.
200 metres up and 4.5 km. long.
The second time up the mountian, I took my little sister, Sharon. Along the way we stopped to read a few of the wishes left by other hikers on the 'wish tree'.
Some people also left stones placed around the tree making wishes for a better and healthier life for themselves and their loved ones.
The leaves and grassed are turning to lovely fall colours that are a nice contrast to the blue of the sky and the water. And way off in the distance (you just can't quite see it in this picture) Little White Mountians is already capped with snow.
Sharon and I had to pose for a pic in front of Kelowna and the bridge so we could remember this beautiful afternoon. But while I was setting up the camera for our picture....
There is this!!! She just couldn't help herself...I guess there is a little aphrodite in all of us ;)
What fun!!!
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