East of the Sun is a lakeshore property situated on the west side of Okanagan Lake in West Kelowna. The property is approximately 1/2 acre in size and has 115 ft. of lake frontage. The house sits on the back portion of the lot and is fairly level. A 20x40 ft. swimming pool lies between the house and the bank to the beach. The difference in elevation between the pool and the beach lawn is 46ft. A road wide enough for a 4x4 curves down to the beach.. The beach is sandy with a post and timber wall dividing the sand from the lawn area. A dock 104 ft. long reaches out from the west property line. This dock is 6ft. wide and flares out to 8ft. wide for the last 24ft. The water is 10 ft. deep off the end for most of the summer. A Shore Station boat lift with a steel roof occupies space on the west side of the dock for boats up to 20ft. This lift has an electric motor for raising the boat.
The other main feature of the property is the beach cabin. This 12X 16ft. frame building has a steel roof and a mix of siding and cedar shakes and lots of glass for views of the beach and lake. The cabin is equipped with a fridge with ice maker and a sink with running water. A counter with cupboards under and drawers provides space for cutlery and pots and pans etc. A double size hide-a-bed ( chesterfield ), table and four chairs and an easy chair make up the furniture. Most cooking is done on a portable barbeque that is stored in the shed at the rear of the cabin. Two can sleep on the hide-a -bed and two on an air mattress on the floor. There is a tent space on the east corner of the beach near the willow tree for additional sleeping space.
This lower part of the property has a fine lawn area with automatic irrigation. A huge wonderful maple tree stands in front of the cabin and provides shade for the cabin and lawn area in front for the hottest part of the day. The property faces due south so you get the rising and setting sun. 
I burn very dry wood and try to keep smoke at a minimum so as not to polute the local air quality.The shed at the rear of the cabin provides storage space for the electric lawn mower. barbeque. chain saw and garden tools etc..A permanently connected hose stays coiled on the east side of the cabin. The lawn and plant irrigation system has a small automatic timer mounted on the wall inside the cabin. The summer before last I replaced the old aluminum cabin door. My daughter replaced all her windows and doors in her house so I managed to salvage a nice outside cedar door with small glass panels. I managed to cut half the old slider out and install a new soor frame and metal threshold. I installed that nice cedar door in that new frame and gave it some sanding and three coats of varnish. That door looked so nice I decided to complete the job by
installing rough cedar casings ceiling trim and baseboards. The cedar trim was siding that I ripped to the size I wanted and I left the rough side out and unpainted so it has a nice effect and goes well with the wall paneling.
