The lovely Bec Rodda picked us up at the airport from our red eye flight and showed us a bit of Kelowna, including her church - amazing, massive, alive- before driving us up to Big White to our condo - thanks so much Bec - it was great having contact with a friend from home as well as a very generous bit of help, saving us a very expensive shuttle trip. The condo is AMAZING. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Peter and Dianne for your incredible hospitality...

The flight back to Vancouver was not as comfortable as the one up there - no spare seat between us, I was in the middle seat with a big man next to me so we sat for 2 hours with squashed arms!! Oh well, it ended, with no-one sicking the sniffer dogs on me!! We grabbed our bags, headed straight for the sky train, managed to hop on one straight way, got to Bridgeport Station with 10 minutes to spare for the bus to Tsawwassen ferry, and had about a 45 minute wai...

(written a week later for obvious reasons!!) The week in Invermere is a bit of a blur now , but suffice to say, Sam managed to get out every day searching for the elusive cougar ( animal variety)!!! Some days he was gone for just the morning, and other days he was out later. He walked for miles , and hours ,I think over the week. He really enjoyed the time out in the Great Outdoors and spending time with Dale, who was relentless in his quest to find a cat for...