Armstrong

Myrna and I went on a little outing today. We drove out Otter Road through the Spallumcheen Valley, a pretty, older farming community. We looked in the Pleasant Valley Quilt Shop where I picked up a length of cloth to make a book for Trey called Woodsy Wonders, all about bugs.
We went to the Brown Derby for a delicious homemade lunch. The whole place was fun. The sign out front says ' Not Your Average Cafe.' The menu said 'Listen carefully as your voluptuous and perky server titillates your taste buds with today's tantalizing tastes.' Needless to say, the server was a middle aged woman who's owned this delight for 10 years. We both had 1/2 a roasted chicken sandwich on Flax bread with potato, bacon and curry soup. Very nice.
We enjoyed walking around the town which was established in 1892. It had been a big celery producing area with Chinese laborers. The historic buildings and old Armstrong Hotel were very interesting. The blue hotel appears closed except for Rosie's Pub downstairs but was very colorful with hanging baskets in every window in the front, in an old horse buggy up on the left side roof and a historical mural painted down the side. We toured their art gallery and museum which was very well done. Armstrong is famous for it's cheese so we stopped at the Village Cheese Company where you could watch the cheeses being made and packaged. They have every gadget for the kitchen or cute gifts what you can imagine.