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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
The highway is dangerous in the winter and is single lane much of the way.
The Vees are Jr A, Rockets are WHL. Kelowna barely gets any big name acts, Penticton gets none. Wineries are a dime a dozen out here, that doesn’t equate to many fine restaurants, certainly not at the level of Kelowna.
You’re talking out of your ass and it’s showing. But go on, I’m enjoying it.
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I lived in Penticton for three years in the 90s. I had to drive to Kelowna all of the time for Court, in all seasons. Very rarely is snow a problem on Hwy 97. I never found it to be dangerous. There are some annoying single lane stretches, but traffic is not bad in the winter. I think that drive is one of the most scenic drives in all of Canada. I could usually get to Kelowna in 45 minutes, and Vancouver in 4 hours.
Penticton is a tourist town, and had many more fine restaurants for a town of 30,000 than you would expect. I still go back once or twice a year, and the explosion of new wineries with great restaurants attached is amazing. From Naramata to OK Falls, there is lots to try.
In the winter, it was kind of a ghost town, and overcast much of the time. Sometimes in the summer it was too damn hot. Overall, I think it was a great place to live, and I would consider retiring there or having a summer home there.