So many bikes, so many riders, so many roads, so many klicks… For many – it’s over – for some many hours to go
Archives for 2019
Down memory lane
Large format – use mouse to enlarge Clouds are grey and ominous Background is blue skys The prop plane from the past to catch your eye Context If you want a closer view – visit Penticton Airport …soon
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Gran Fondo reminder
Cyclists active on Highway 97, Black Sage, Sumac, Secrest Hill and Willowbrook Rd for much of the day. Riders from many locations will depart Penticton starting at 7 a.m. heading to and returning from Summerland. The trip will then take them through Kaleden, Okanagan Falls and Oliver, for a total of 160 kilometres.
Praemonitus, Praemunitus –
In Search of a Prime Minister If I am unable to find a worthy local candidate, perhaps I could look to the party heads. Let’s assume that each of the party heads is a former Star Trek captain. Leaving out Captains Pike and Data, the remaining candidates are: Jonathan Archer, chronologically the first Star Trek […]
Willowbrook Rd rollover
Time: About 7:15 am (what appears to be a single vehicle accident) – Ambulance, 2 fire departments and Police called. Injuries – not believe to be life threatening In jurisdiction of Willowbrook Fire but attended also by Oliver Rescue Speed folks – this is the 2nd such roll over in a week
The morning after
Pall of smoke covers downtown Oliver…. for a time
2:40 Sunday Morning 555 Earle Crescent – fully involved fire – started at rear and moving to the front – being attacked from two sides. Neighbours notified. This is a confirmed suspicious fire as the house is a reported closed up drug house. No occupants. Firefighters with full “air” gear accessed the interior up stairs […]