Our first adventure this morning was hiking part of the Myra Canyon section of the Kettle Valley railway. The railway was built between 1910 and 1915 and when completed consisted of 325 miles (500 kilometres) of rail over and through three mountain ranges. Myra Canyon is a deep, steep, wide chasm and the railway hung on the sides of the canyon, using nearly seven miles (eleven kilometres) of track to reach around something less than one kilometer wide. It took 19 wooden trestles of various lengths and heights to do it. Today the tracks are gone except for the small section we rode yesterday on the steam train. The old rail bed is now an excellent place to hike or bike.
We then spent another lovely afternoon with Sam tasting wine.
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