After a night sleeping in the hotel we enjoyed a delicious buffet breakfast. As a surprise to no one who has ever enjoyed the selection of a buffet, we over ate. Rather than relaxing in a comfy chair with a book allowing our meals to digest we hit the hot tub and pool splashing around, churning our over stuffed bellies into frenzied delight. That being said it was a lot of fun.

After check out we were going to head to Hells Gate, but time was getting on. We decided to travel straight to Kellowna. With the air con on freezing to prevent myself from passing out at the wheel (always a preferred driving option), the two girls asleep and being accompanied by some great music, we were on our way.

A couple of hours later we were starving and stopped for some rather decent food considering it was a quick grab café in a small mall (this coming form a total Foodie is rather a good compliment). We had an hour or two to kill before our cousins would be home (with whom we were staying for the next few days) so we went exploring trying to find a swimming pool in the area. What was funny is that the people giving us directions to the pool said it was quite far and about 15 minutes away. In reality it took about 8 minutes and was really close. We concluded for people who live in a small town who are use to everything being in close driving proximity that the pool would seem quite far away. For us, the ‘city folk’ it seemed really close.

The pool was called H2O a somewhat clichéd name but also rather cool at the same time (yes, I am aware that this is a total contradiction). My designer side thinks that naming something with water H2O is rather obvious – but I also think that the name will really resonate with the target audience. It is also a short and easily branded name which is cool.

My design ramblings aside, the pool was BRILLIANT. It was costly at $19 for two adults, but you could stay in there for hours. They had two large swimming pools (one which was reserved for lane swimming), diving area, three slides (one in total darkness which was great) and an adult only hot tub. There was another family hot tub, kids slide and play area, a wave pool and a large strong current section. They had one attraction that I had never seen before, it was a surfing ‘pool’ / area, where people could surf a artificial wave. It was fun watching people with all levels of ability from the trendy tanned buff guys standing up on the board to some larger heavier guy pulling some cool tricks on the body board.

The upstairs gym overlooked the whole water area and there was a juice bar and snack area too.

On the way back to the car we also noticed that the exterior lighting around the building utilized solar panels to gain their power, a really nice touch.

Was it worth $19, well if you are use to paying $12 for two then the little extra is worth it especially for the occasional visit.

It was later when we arrived at Lisa’s so we visited, drank tea and crashed, took an early’ish night.

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