Saturday, August 15, 2009

flying high

Last weekend we went along with Howard's sister and brother-in-law to Vernon, BC. The trip was very relaxing as we were pampered in their extremely comfortable private jet! Yes, it's true! Talk about being spoiled.

Brother-in-law Ben.
Howard's sister Dori.
The riding arena at their ranch in Vernon.
The cabins on the hill. We stayed in the one on the left.
Looking out over the ranch - Lake Okanagan is in the background.
The first evening we had supper in a restaurant overlooking the lake. There have been extreme fires in that area and all evening the water bombers were landing on the lake, filling up their tanks and then blasting the fires with water.





Back at the ranch.

The fire seemed even more serious on Sunday.
On the way home Howard was offered the co-pilot seat until it was time to land.

John the pilot.
What an amazing and relaxing weekend we had!

2 comments:

Dianne Dueck said...

These pics just make me long for next week! Who's the lady sitting beside Gail? Brian too has been the "co-pilot". He quite enjoyed the rush!

Rose said...

WOW! What a fun time!