Tour 2: Wildrose Yodel Club

Okanagan Concert Tour
October 4 - 7, 2002

Day 1: Canmore - Revelstoke - Vernon

Departing Red Deer at 7:00 am with a luxury tour coach we are heading to Banff to enjoy a brunch at the Ticino Swiss-Italian Restaurant. The journey will take us west through the Rogers Pass to the next stop at the Three Valley Gap Resort near Revelstoke for some refreshments. Now we are entering the beautiful Okanagan Valley where we find accommodation at the 41/2 star Prestige Inn in Vernon. The Wildrose Yodlers will entertain the dinner guest at this hotel's own Avonlea restaurant.

Day 2: Kelowna

Today is the day of wine tasting!

We start with an interesting tour through the vineyards at the Gray Monk Estate Winery. This is the busiest time of the year at this winery and the Wildrose Yodlers will entertain their guests at the lunch setting.

As guests at the St. Hubertus Estate Winery we taste the wine and enjoy an afternoon of fun and singing under the roof of a tent in the vineyard.

Our hotel is the 41/2 Star Prestige Inn in downtown Kelowna. This is the time of the Wine Festival in Kelowna.  At dinner time we will be enjoying fine European Cuisine in the picturesque Swiss Italia Restaurant, a beautiful setting for giving our next concert.  We anticipate that the audience will include many members of the local Swiss community and their friends.

Day 3: Naramata - Grand Forks - Castlegar

A short scenic drive from Penticton brings us to Naramata, which is nestled in along the eastern shores and hills of Okanagan Lake. This is where we get to taste the wine of the South Okanagan with a lunch at the Red Rooster Winery. Here we sing a few songs for the enjoyment of our hosts and their guests.

We continue our trip early in the afternoon passing through the orchards of Osoyoos, then traveling parallel to the US border as far as Grand Forks. After a coffee stop we continue on to Castlegar to find accommodation at the Sandman Inn.

Day 4: Cranbrook - Fernie - Longview - Red Deer

Heading east on the picturesque Highway # 3, we stop in Cranbrook for refreshments and continue on to Fernie for lunch.

Along the way we see the world's largest truck and the disaster site of the Frank Slide. Just east of the Crowsnest Pass we head north on Highway # 22. This wild romantic stretch of road will take us to the last dinner of the tour at the Black Cat restaurant in Longview.

This evening we return to Red Deer with memories of the most beautiful places and the best wines of Western Canada!