IMAGE A0908 - Cosens Bay Beach

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Vincent Robert Wright – May 10, 2009

On a visit to Cosens Bay Beach, 15 minutes South of downtown Vernon in the Community of Coldstream, BC.

It was mothers day today, and Lisa graciously accommodated our new Sunday sketching routine in spite of her special day. We hiked 4 km in with our children on our backs. It was a lovely hike in but a leg burner on the way back to the truck. We enjoyed yet another warm spring day on the beach of Kalamalka Lake. The water was still cold as ice, and there was the threat of a storm rolling in. We had a light picnic while Elizabeth waded in the fringes of the lake with a number of dogs to entertain her. Jack slept contently on the cozy beach blanket we had laid upon the sand beneath a popular tree. Today's image is from the point of view at Cosens Bay Beach toward Rattlesnake Point and on to the Kekuli Bay at the far side of the lake.

IMAGE A0907 - Gardom Lake Park

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Vincent Robert Wright – May 3, 2009

On a visit to Gardom Lake Park, a 15 minutes outside of Enderby, BC.

We went searching for what would be a phantom lake today and came upon Gardom Lake, of which we have been curious about for some time now. As Lisa put it “We found a little piece of paradise here today”. The sun was out in patches and the wind in waves, charging through the trees above. Elizabeth was playing in the cold water today. She is such a tough little girl, seemingly unaffected by obstacles. She is such a little adventurer. Jack was giggling and cooing at the spectacular scenery and the breeze blowing past his cheeks. It is a beautiful family park with a swimming beach and a playground with a nice quite wharf and beaches where which Lisa and I took time to decompress from the tensions of the past week. We will plan a canoe trip out here soon; it is definitely a serene, calm lake. The perspective of the image today was from the swim beach looking toward Turtle Island.