The gentle curve of the hillside draws me forward. With each step I see more of this grassland and more of Okanagan Lake’s northern reach. Here I am, on a random ecological walk, just twenty blocks from Kelowna’s downtown. This is Knox Mountain Park, in a remnant piece of Okanagan sublime. As I start on the trail, I’m on a dry and rocky southwest face. I see sagebrush and cactus, reminders of
