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	Day 4. Monday August 27th, 2001. 6:00 AM.
	Yes, 6:00 AM. The campsite we stayed in the night before was really a trailer park. We were the only tent. So we decide to get on our way early, as we had a long way to go. Our drive took us through the world famous Okanagan Valley. Beautiful in the morning sun.
	This is before our valley sunrise. Notice the land is very flat, flat, flat, Mountain ! No shallow slop or rolling hills here. That mist is coming off the slow vally river that runs right down the middle. Perfect for an irrigation source.
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	7:00.21 you could say the sun came up fast :-)
	Along the Okanagan Valley there are fruit stands every km or so. Small, big, specialized, farmer-owned, and commercial.   Most weren't open at this time in the morning though. We finally stopped at one just south of Kelowna. Notice the desert like bank. Not something you'd expect in the heart of one of the most productive fruit growing areas of the world. We enjoyed local fruit and basked in the sun for a while.
	Just outside of Summerland, we visited a real operational orchard. Thinking there was going to be a tour, we drove up, parked, and wandered up to the lady at the couter. "Go ahead. Walk around if you like." she said. So we did. There were handy sign posts labeling which kind of tree it was, along with interesting information about the fruit it bears. Very informative. Leanne stopped to eat a pear in our free, unguided, wander through the orchard.
	They had just finished harvesting the cherries, and pears weren't for a few weeks, so this was in fact the worst pear we had ever eaten. It cost us 24 cents.   I wonder if that is what they charged in 1912 when the Dickinson Family Farm was started.
	Notice the sign post in the pic above? Well, it is the offical document for the Guiness Book of World Records. This is the tallest orchard ladder in the world ! Over 9 meters high ! If you notice the height of the trees, they are about the tallest in the orchard. So really, is there any reason to build a taller one?
< no pic >	We have no pictures for this evening, so you'll just have to believe me. We arrived at the Veeneman's in Abbotsford. Liz and Gary were kind enough to offer a warm bed in their condo. (Which was under construction at the time, like millions of other condos in the area. See BC's leaky condo debate online somewhere.) We relaxed with the whole family, swaping stories of old.

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