Hi! We're Rod and Romana Van Lissum.
In the summer of 2007, we were invited by family to spend the weekend at a cabin in Big White. That weekend we drove around the Okanagan heading towards Oliver, visiting local wineries. Instead of backtracking, we continued through Osoyoos and ended up bumming around this adorable little town. As we headed back to Big White, we stopped to marvel the view from the Anarchist Mountain Look-out Point and vowed to each other that we would one day return to this little gem of a town.
Three years later in 2010, we purchased our first motorhome and headed to NK Mip RV Campground. We were hooked! We returned every summer, extending our visit every few years.
We still drive the same RV, but now we tow our vehicle behind on our car hauler and continue to visit the same campground ten years later, staying lakeside for three long luxurious weeks!
During our Osoyoos summer vacation in 2019, one afternoon while our daughter was visiting, we took a drive down Lakeshore Drive and noticed a house for sale on Osoyoos Lake. Rod had the crazy idea of "just looking into the market and see what is for sale." We contacted local realtor, Alina Lovin, picked her brain on vacation rental information and before we drove home after our three weeks, we were the proud owners of unit #210 in Casa Del Mila Oro in Osoyoos, BC!