Between Two Cities

Wednesday, November 4th, 2026

Kelowna, British Columbia

I opened the door at the overnight accommodation, a home on the mountain, which revealed the thickest fog and fresh chill. It appeared that now winter has arrived and be prepared for an extra layer to don the body.

Before leaving Kamloops for destination Kelowna and before any serious stroll, I kept to my commitments — an AGM call for ISKCON Waterloo and a Gita class with South Africa and the Netherlands.

Lunch was great at Hari Kirtan's, light and grainless as it is the sacred ekadasi. Jaya Govinda, Krishna Kala and I are on the road, Hwy 97, with a temperature that rose to 4° Celsius. Time was taken to take that stroll at Mission Creek in Kelowna, a babbling brook, a perfect get-away trail where every pedestrian has a smile.

The evening spot for actually a dose of a sweet kirtan was at the new home of Vikas and Devaki and their two sons, with the youngest, 2, who shared time in almost everyone's arms. The light (and grainless) meal was scrumptuous and the follow-up talk and chant were most interactive.

It seems that in many places where I've tread before for sanga, the meal comes first, for two or three reasons. The food is hot. Everyone settles down and there is time for digestion before resting. Good reasons I would say.

Questions flowed after the talk and it occurred to me that people here in Kelowna are ready for the next step. They want structure and regularity to their life. They want the ISKCON method and important to them is something for their kids.

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