Blueberry Apricot Vitamix Sorbet Recipe

Blueberry Sorbet

We enjoyed Ed's Blueberry Sorbet while camping at McDonald Creek Provincial Park. Here's the recipe: Yield: 3 cups (720 mL) Processing Time: 30 to 60 seconds Speed: Variable to High 1 cup (240 mL) skim milk 2 cups frozen blueberries 1/2 Banana 1/2 cup Splenda or sweetener to taste 1/2 teaspoon (3 mL) vanilla extract ICE Place all ingredients in Vita-Mix container in … [Read more...]

Castlegar: RV Spot AND a Movie

Kootenay River RV Kampground in Castlegar

Rather than drive Highway 6/Highway 97 back to Penticton from McDonald Creek, we opted to split the drive in two and took the Slocan Valley route, spending the last night of our Kootenay Camping trip at the Kootenay River RV Kampground in Castlegar. The campground is right at the confluence of the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, in sight of the bridge and Robson Rock. Better yet, it's located … [Read more...]

A Week at McDonald Creek

McDonald Creek Provincial Park

After getting the new inverter and solar panels on our 5th wheel installed, we decided the best place to test the system out would be at McDonald Creek Provincial Park in British Columbia's West Kootenays. If you've done any camping in B.C.'s interior provincial parks, you know that means NO hook-ups --- no electricity, water or sewer --- at the site. At McDonald Creek they go that 'extra … [Read more...]

Best Camping Near Winthrop

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I WAS a great fan of Pearrygin Lake State Park... until just recently. We couldn't book in there for the full 6 nights we planned to be in the area, so I looked into alternatives and came up with Big Twin Lakes Campground, a mere 3 miles from Winthrop. What a GREAT choice that turned out to be, for SO many reasons. Now consider yourself lucky, 'cause I don't often give away the locations … [Read more...]

3 Bananas

3-bananas

This has been bugging me since it happened yesterday. I arrived at the checkout till at my local supermarket with a cart full of goodies for my planned detox diet. You know, good stuff. Fruits, veggies, and whole grains. Ahead of me was an old fellow with his (purchased re-usable) bag and only 3 bananas on the belt. "90 cents", the clerk told him. "90 cents?", he asks. "I weighed … [Read more...]