Our 8 yr wedding anniversary...May 25, 2010

We didn't do anything super special but we sure had an awesome day!
   
We left the resort at about 6:15pm and headed to Penticton for the night. We stayed at the Best Western. It's a sweet hotel and we total recommend it to everyone. If we ever need (or want) to spend another night or more in Penticton, we'll definitely be staying there again.
   
At about 9am on the 25th, we left Penticton and headed down Hwy 3a and met up with Hwy 3 in Keremeos. We didn't really have any plans for the day, just to stop and sight see whenever we wanted.

   
When we got to Keremeos, we made a pit stop at the Information Center. That was so worth the stop. The attendant there gave Jason and I a pamphlet outlining all the best places to look for neat and different rocks. Even places to find agate and opals! We checked out one of the bigger spots (a big slide just west of the town) and found some pretty rocks with red and green ribboning in them. But we've yet to identify what they are.

Town of Keremeos

From Keremeos, we headed into Headley. I wanted to take Jason to a little shop that advertised that it sold rare rocks and gems.  It was the neatest little store we've ever been to. It really did have a lot of different types of rocks and nick nacks and just stuff. (LOL) We found our anniversary present there. They're a set of goblets. Here's the write up that came with them: "Rainbow Onyx Stone Goblets: These unique stone goblets are hand crafted from onyx, a form of agate. These minerals mostly occur in cavities of eruptive rocks and eruptive lava. They have a beautiful banded structure with successive layers almost parallel to the sides of the cavity." The minute Jason read that these were made from a type of agate, I knew that we had to have a pair.

   
After we left Headley, we realized that we hadn't given ourselves enough time to go out for dinner and make the stops through out Manning. (We had said to the boss' son (who was covering for us) that we would be back at the resort for around 7pm.) So we scooted down the highway but ended up stopping for about a half hour so that we could photograph the biggest (and most gorgeous) brown bear we've ever seen!! He was magnificent!!

   
We went to Bozzini's for dinner. I think we've been to that restaurant for almost every anniversary. It's kind of become a tradition for us.
   
It doesn't seem like Jason and I did much on this day. But just spending the time alone together was the most fun for me.
   
I still can't believe how much God has changed Jason and I's hearts. If it wasn't for Him, we would not have been able to spend this awesome day together!!!

The cat came back the very next day...

Well...not really and then again, sort of.

There once was a white feral cat that lived at Blue Lake Resort. It had made its home and territory the whole resort. And then along came Lucky and his family. Lucky likes to have his own territory too. Night after night Lucky and the "resort" cat had meetings about who could have what part of the resort. Every meeting ended with a nasty fight. And both cats would come away with ugly injuries.
One morning Lucky came home to his family so bruised and battered that his left eye was swollen shut and his nose was bleeding. His family had had enough of this fighting and decided to put a stop to it.
Lucky's dad tried scaring off the "resort" cat with loud noises and shots from his BB gun. (He never hit him.) But those attempts didn't work. The "resort" cat continued to come about. So they set out a live trap for the him. And on the first night they got him.
He was a nice looking cat. He actually looked like his mama was a Siamese cat and his daddy was a Bobcat. As well, he had beautiful blue eyes and of course, like most Siamese, they were crossed. He was much, much larger than Lucky. And Lucky's family was surprised that Lucky had survived so many "meetings".
In the end, the "resort" cat was sent to a place better suited for him. And now Lucky roams the whole resort with no fear.
The End!