Spotted Lake,donot walk in,just take a picture from the highway

Legends of "Kliluk, the Spotted Lake" are woven into the Native Indian heritage of the Okanagan Valley. The Indians soaked away aches and ailments in the healing mud and waters. One story cites a truce in a battle to allow both warring tribes to tend to their wounded in the Spotted Lake, "
It contains one of the worlds highest concentrations of minerals: magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts), calcium and sodium sulphates, plus eight other minerals and traces of four more, including silver and titanium. The therapeutic value of Spotted Lake has always proved interesting, however other uses were found for the minerals. During WWI, Chinese labourers were employed skimming the salts from the surface of the lake. The product was then shipped to Eastern American munitions factories.Yield is said to have reached a ton per day. In the hot sun of summer, the water of Spotted Lake evaporates and crystallizes the minerals, forming many white-rimmed circles: shallow pools that reflect the mineral content of the water in shades of blues and greens.

Sculpture in NK'MIP DESERT CULTURAL CENTRE

 

Entrance of Pithouse. First Nations just enter their house from ladder.

 

This was called " the only desert in Canada". Unbelievable!!!!

 

A tule mat teepee,NK'MIP DESERT CULTURAL CENTRE

The Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre invites visitors to celebrate thousands of years of Okanagan First Nations habitation on desert lands. 

Beautiful Poppy Flower in B&B

 

We live for two day, the host is came from German

Villa Blanca132 Deerfoot Road Osoyoos, British Columbia V0H 1V6phone : (250) 495-5334

Generous host, georgous setting. I enjoyed the delicious breakfast and the fascinating view.

View from B&B, sunset in Osoyoos lake

Osoyoos:
Canada's lowest annual precipitation, warmest annual temperature, and warmest fresh water lake can be found here. 

Okanagan lake in Pentiction

 

Okanagan Valley ,Burrowing Owl

Caves for Barrel Aging ,we buy two bottle of 2004 Merlot . 

Haynes Point Provincial Park,nice place to camp

Haynes Point is located at the southern end of the sunny Okanagan Valley on Osoyoos Lake. There are 41 gravel campsites located on the sandspit. Being a sandspit, the area has very little vegetation and is very open. However more than half of the campsites are beachfront real estate with the remaining sites only steps away from sandy beaches. 

Fort Hope introduce