Every Year Snow Birds from across Canada come to spend their winter in Osoyoos BC. In March a breakfasts is held for each different province. They are filled to capacity with 200 participants. Door prizes are given out and there is a 50/50 draw. It is great to meet people from your home province.
At the Manitoba Breakfast one of the door prizes was a plane ride over the Okanagan Valley by Ken Pierce from Minolta, MB in his 1979 Cessna.
Thanks to Vickie McAllister, the winner, who asked Valerie McRae and I to be her guests on the 45 minute flight. It was a good day as it was sunny with only a few clouds.
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Vickie, Val and Lorraine |
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Vickie, Ken, Val and Lorraine |
At 3:00 pm we all met at the Osoyoos Air Strip on Highway 3 west of the town
While we were up enjoying the view, John McRae, Len McAllister and Randal waited at the Osoyoos air strip. They watched as we boarded the Cessna.
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Len, John and Randal |
While I was busy taking pictures and a video Ken took us over Osoyoos, Oliver Area 27 Race Track, the vineyards and orchards and as far as OK Fall.
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Area 27 Race Track |
Back on the ground. What a great way to tour the Osoyoos area. Thank you Ken