Hey BigCityHillbilly...
you may get a better sense of the geography by checking Google and various web sites of some of the communities. If you think trees, also think arid/dry regions. The Okanogan is very dry and warm, kinda like some parts of western Washington or California. The valley grows a lot of fruit and wine.

Then again, also think cool rainforest or extreme mountains or snow filled resorts.... there is so much to offer in any of the locales and that's just BC.

The last couple of years I've been doing road trips and I dipped south into Americaland for a change of scenery. I covered a good portion of the terrain from Vancouver Island to Toronto and Washington to Michigan. Amazing world we live in is all I can say.