Just days before he joined the Okanagan Sun, Conor Richard had never heard of a place called Kelowna, B.C., Canada.

Less than two months later, the 18-year-old from Clarksville, Tennessee is making himself right at home in the Okanagan.

"I don't know how anyone could get stressed out living here," said the affable Richard, who grew up 40 minutes from Nashville. "(Kelowna's) a beautiful place. I have no complaints."