This morning we took our friend, Maureen, to Kelowna airport to catch her flight back to Toronto. After a coffee stop in Kelowna, we crossed the bridge and drove north back to Vernon via Westside Road. As its name implies, this road follows the west side of Lake Okanagan.

_23A1481 This area was the site of last summer's devastating forest fires.

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This Bighorn Ram was the only one we encountered.

Upon processing this image, I noticed that it had a bad back leg.

_23A1486 _D7A5384 This area had burned a couple years ago, and since then, there had been a cleanup of the devastation.

_D7A5381 This is a view across Lake Okanagan, looking toward Vernon.

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This is a section of Westside Road.

Some parts of this road are winding and narrow, and other areas have been upgraded.

There were a lot of burned homes, with some right next door which had escaped the flames.

I had no desire to photograph these, respecting the plight of the residents.