Our RV Trip to Scenic Road Cider in Kelowna, BC
Do you like to camp for free? Do you like cider? If you answered yes to both of those, then you’ll love Scenic Road Cider Co.
Before we began our year-long trip in the RV, we did quite a bit of research on, well, everything. One thing Todd researched extensively was how to save money on campground costs. Which led us to something called Harvest Hosts.
Harvest Hosts offers you a unique campground experience like no other. For a relatively low annual fee, you get to camp overnight at wineries, farms and other attractions at no additional cost. They had me at wineries.
Scenic Road Cider Company
While en route from Banff National Park in Canada and heading to Vancouver, B.C., we made an overnight stop at one incredible place through Harvest Hosts: Scenic Road Cider Company.
Our spot was nestled in right next to their apple orchards. We’re in British Columbia, RVing on an apple orchard that makes their own cider and we’re doing it for free. Does it get much better than that? Oh, and to top it off, there were horses on the other side of the road.
So here we are, an apple orchard out our side windows and horses grazing the green pasture out the front door.
One of the owners Marina invited us to come on up for cider tasting after we got set up. Needless to say, she didn’t have to twist our arms.
One part of staying at wineries, farms, and cideries through Harvest Hosts is to make sure you’re paying it forward.
You get to camp on their land for free. We enjoy buying their unique products as a way to offer payment. Plus, we get tasty cider, so win-win. It’s a two-way relationship and a beautiful one at that.
Tasting Room
You can’t beat the experience of tasting ciders. Enjoy beautiful locations and meet some of the nicest people on the planet. Harv and Marina were definitely some of the nicest and coolest people on the planet.
We went up to the tasting room not knowing what to expect or who we would meet. When they opened the doors to their room, I was in awe.
This tasting room is part of the original packinghouse, which was built in the 1930s.
Amazing, right? The tasting room is so well done and they made us feel so welcomed. If our kids hadn’t been waiting for us in the RV, we could have chatted with them for hours.
We tasted the ciders, which were so delicious I don’t even know how to explain the taste to you. It’s fresh and crisp and the perfect drink on a hot summer afternoon.
I believe we walked away with six bottles and a big smile on our face. They also had apple juice for purchase, so being the nice parents we are, we bought some for the kids.
They offer three cider varieties: Dry, Nearly Dry and Razz (raspberry meet apple).
After we finished the tasting, we were given a tour of where the magic happens; aka the bottling process. They explained the process of making the cider and shared the story of how Scenic Road Cider Co. began.
Their story is pretty fascinating. Hearing it directly from Harv and Marina was icing on the cake for our first experience with Harvest Hosts.
If you want a unique RVing experience similar to this one, check out Harvest Hosts. If you’re ever in or near Kelowna, go to Scenic Road Cider for a delicious cold one!
Julie specializes in helping you whip up delicious meals in your tiny RV kitchen, as well as RV organization tips and helping fellow RVers make their RV feel like home. Her favorite RVing spot is in Banff National Park in Canada where yes, the water really is that blue and the people really are that nice.
