It might not float, as during record-level flooding earlier this year, but a gingerbread model of the famous historical ship is a pretty sweet project.

Made by Bill and Corinne Driedger and Bill鈥檚 sister and brother-in-law Nettie and Herman Steuernagel, Bill said he estimates the project still has another 10 hours left 鈥� which he called 鈥済etting close.鈥�

The race is on to finish our gingerbread version of the spectacular S.S. Sicamous! 馃槉

鈥� Bill Driedger (@BillyD1971)

鈥淚 spent most of the day yesterday on it,鈥� Bill said. 鈥淲henever we get a chance, we poke away at it. We were trying to get it done before Christmas, but I鈥檓 not sure that鈥檚 going to happen.鈥�

Maybe not 鈥� especially if the couples dip too much into the eggnog.

鈥淲e did the Eiffel Tower a couple of years ago as a project, and we鈥檝e been meaning to do another one, and since we did that in northern Alberta, I guess all four of us moved to Penticton,鈥� Bill said, adding they floated the idea of doing the Sicamous last year.

鈥淏ut we never got around to it with travel and whatnot. So today and this year we decided to tackle it. The sizing isn鈥檛 100 per cent, but it鈥檚 just fun.鈥�

Bill said it would have taken significantly longer to try to get everything to scale, but it isn鈥檛 a half-baked project, as it is. What might be the most challenging part coming up is the paddlewheel at the back of the steamship, something the team of bread-gineers (OK, that one might be a stretch) would have to tackle gingerly.

鈥淚鈥檓 not sure how that鈥檚 going to happen,鈥� he said.

Compared to the Eiffel Tower, Bill said the SS Sicamous has been a bit of a more complicated recipe.

鈥淭he Eiffel Tower鈥檚 so skinny, and we kind of just did it on a whim,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his guy, there鈥檚 a lot more going on trying to get it to look right.鈥�

The cookies haven鈥檛 crumbled yet, but Bill said if a fatal mistake means sweet demise for the doughy ship, what remains is easily 鈥� and cheerfully 鈥� cleaned up.

dustin.godfrey@pentictonwesternnews.com
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