Did you know there is a beautiful Japanese garden in the heart of Downtown Kelowna? Better yet, it is a public park and completely free to enter. Hidden from casual view behind a wall, the garden is the ideal place
Visiting Kasugai Gardens
Exploring the Parks of Bankhead
Kelowna Parks Challenge – Trip #7 I have gone on another adventure as part of the Kelowna Parks Challenge! As part of my continuing efforts to visit all of Kelowna’s parks by the middle of next summer I explored four
Exploring Two Parks in South Kelowna
Kelowna Parks Challenge Trip #6 This week I was able to get out and explore two parks in South Kelowna as part of the Kelowna Parks Challenge. The density of parks in that neighbourhood is low, so I used a
Exploring to the North and East of Downtown
Kelowna Parks Challenge Trip #5 I’ve gone on another adventure and explored more parks as part of the Kelowna Parks Challenge. This time I travelled north from Downtown to the foothills of Knox Mountain, over to Gordon Drive and back
From City Park to South Pandosy – Part 2
Kelowna Parks Challenge Trip #4 This post is the second of a two-part series. Read the first part here. In Part 1 of this trip log I described the first half of my walk from Downtown Kelowna to South Pandosy.
From City Park to South Pandosy – Part 1
Kelowna Parks Challenge Trip #4 After a false start, I completed another adventure exploring the parks of Kelowna as part of my Kelowna Parks Challenge. This time I went for more low-hanging fruit, visiting a string of lakeshore parks running
Kelowna Parks Challenge Trip #3
Exploring Sutherland Bay, Poplar Point Drive, and Manhattan Point Yesterday, I went on my third adventure as part of the Kelowna Parks Challenge. I walked with my wonderful wife, Jen, and we visited four parks around Sutherland Bay, Poplar Point,
Kelowna Parks Challenge Trip #2
Saturday I went on a second adventure as part of my Kelowna Parks Challenge and saw five more parks. This time, I explored parks in the northern part of downtown, travelling as far north as Brandt’s Creek. The parks I
Kelowna Parks Challenge Trip #1
For my first walk as part of my Kelowna Parks Challenge, I took a trip around the southern part of Downtown Kelowna on Monday, visiting five of the parks on the Official List. I started at the Kelowna Library, then
Kelowna Parks Challenge
To launch this blog and my Kelowna explorations, I have decided to set myself a challenge. I have decided to visit all of Kelowna’s 200+ city and regional parks in one year. That’s more than one park every two days.