Visiting the IKEDA JAPANESE GARDEN in the Spring.

in #travel6 years ago

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Looking for some golden fish in the little pond from the beautiful deck of the Japanese Garden in Penticton where we took our family for a nice evening walk.


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We did find some white and golden fishes which have survived the winter.


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Tried to do some meditating. lol


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Can you spot the two white fishes in this dirty pond? Hopefully it will get all cleaned up pretty soon.


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Some beautiful spring flowers.


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Mi familia.


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Look what we found. Spring flowers. Yay. So beautiful and so exciting.


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Beautiful Japanese tree.


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My husband with his mom who came visit us from Vancouver.


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Here is me.


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Me again.


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Looking for some more fish.


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Some more benches to sit and relax. This garden is ablsolutely amazing place to come and just relax and get some peace of mind and the beautiful thing is that it is right next to the Okanagan Lake and beach.


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Look at this beautiful tree with these gorgeous greenish flowers that looked really fake.


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This is the bridge over the Ellis Creek which flows right into the Okanagan Lake. This Japanese Garden is located right on the beach shore of the Okanagan Lake and after you cross this bridge you are in a second part of the beach/park.

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Beautiful evening sky over the Okanagan Lake and this Ellis Creek.


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This is the second part of the beach/park and look at that gorgeous sky.


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Time to go back through the Japanese Garden.


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Here is more of me. Hehe.

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@JOORDANZZZ always trying things out.


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Hope you enjoyed our little visit to the Japanese Garden. I also made a video of it but didn't had the chance to check it out yet, but maybe I will share it with you one of these day.



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So this is it. My wife wanted to go to Japan for a tour. Now I know why. Beautiful photos @joalvarez !

Haha. That is funny.
I would love to go to Japan too and really enjoy their beautiful gardens and architecture.
When you guys get rich on Steemit, you guys will travel the world.

what a beautiful place to relax and unwind

This looks like something I should be doing, great to have you back on this platform

Oh
Awesome pictures.
Lovely family.

Its really awesome when we spend time with our loved ones.

It reunites us and strengthens the family bond.

Blessings.

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