I love big refrigerators.
I should have guessed a motel called Boundary would be located away from most of Osoyoos. On its surface, it's an adorable location, with frills and colors like you were visiting gramma's place. The photos on the booking page offer the impression patrons sit in front of their rooms overlooking a view. There is no such thing, just trees and pavement. Bumpers is located nowhere near water.
In any other city, I probably wouldn't appreciate Bumpers. It's small, cramped, with an understocked and borderline dilapidated bathroom. The room is extremely tight. The bed wasn't all that comfortable either, but that's to be expected in a motel. In the end, strip all the colors, and what you have is a mediocre location barely within walking distance to the rest of town. Thankfully, this is Osoyoos, and everything is already close by. However, I still praise Bumpers, one for its value--it's very cheap for the region--and two, it has a full sized refrigerator.
You're probably thinking by this point, how in pluperfect hell could a full-size fridge in a motel in Osoyoos be worthy of praise. And why would a single-bed, single-room command a full-sized fridge? Because this is wine country, that's why. It took us a while to figure it out; perhaps they got them on a deal from Home Depot or something. We stayed at more expensive places with little more than a bar fridge. Osoyoos and Oliver are anchor locations for anyone planning a tour through wine country.
Between these two towns are twenty kilometers over thirty wineries, easily occupying the majority of one's day. It would also be assumed that you would acquire bottles at some of these aforementioned wineries. Imagine doing this for several days--where would you store your purchases?
Bingo.
Couple that with a parking spot two feet from the door, and Bumpers became a godsend. So why not praise it? I mean it's not like we were on honeymoon--we barely spent a second past sleep there. We were on a wine tour, and if on one again, we would repeat our visit at Bumper's Again. read more