tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50791599747080803372024-02-22T06:34:03.409-08:00Tommys Canadian AdventureAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-38898534478721363112016-10-15T21:00:00.001-07:002016-10-15T21:00:18.454-07:00And back<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Display'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: '.SFUIDisplay';">Vancouver in the autumn is much the same as London, wet and windy although not cold. Our hotel was amazing. We were on the 16th floor in a two bedroom suite, kitchen, lounge and even had a washing machine and drier. The rooms all had floor to ceiling glass which took a bit of getting used to.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Display'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: '.SFUIDisplay';">We stayed two nights and I made good use of the hotel bar meeting some interesting folk. The barman Craig had a history of running pubs in south London so we had a lot to talk about.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Display'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: '.SFUIDisplay';">The 5 hour drive down to Penticton was through some beautiful countryside despite the torrential rain. Tomorrow I have two people coming to look at the van hoping one will buy it before we fly back on Tuesday. Archie has booked the Greyhound bus back to Golden and is excited about the skiing season before him.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Display'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: '.SFUIDisplay';">So thats the end of the trip, many thousands of miles to California and back. One thing for sure, I will never camp in a tent again! Too much like hard work what with bears, rats and cougars sniffing about. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Would I do it again? NO!</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Display'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: '.SFUIDisplay';">We found a Best Western nearer the factory and what a difference. The hotel room was beautiful, the manageress was fantastic making us so welcome. She gave us a free evening meal of chilli and stuff with beer or wine then sat and chatted for ages, she was a delight and even organised a packed supper for Archie in the room, but then, she was Canadian.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Display'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: '.SFUIDisplay';">The Boeing factory was breathtakingly large in every respect. Officially the largest building in the world by volume at almost 100 acres. On one side they were assembling the B747 while the other side B767, 777 and the 787 were being born. Unfortunately photographs were not allowed but we did see the 500th 787 being finished.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Display'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: '.SFUIDisplay';">Today we crossed the border back into Canada and glad we did. We have a few appointments in Vancouver this week before the 4 hour drive to Penticton which will be the end of the whole trip. Dont know what to say.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 21px; line-height: normal; font-family: '.SF UI Display'; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-family: '.SFUIDisplay';"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7IWnv25k2UFxWThzHFLK7oj8WqWeBCpSmiUCqOfJKD68xYc2kmsFgciNZFL5xAwL0pRmKmgTgYOuabO3WSNRgghgX1tps1xkhGRNlq8-ZlmAmZFfocDCnonrqyxCCOzgHuNHEx67VLI/s640/blogger-image--687990465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7IWnv25k2UFxWThzHFLK7oj8WqWeBCpSmiUCqOfJKD68xYc2kmsFgciNZFL5xAwL0pRmKmgTgYOuabO3WSNRgghgX1tps1xkhGRNlq8-ZlmAmZFfocDCnonrqyxCCOzgHuNHEx67VLI/s640/blogger-image--687990465.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITOGvTxggFnFIwMWQ8lOmcnAYcTG2OywpJfnbjpeYkXVBvqksqjX-0imB6yPQNVcKLXUsenILtn661ZVOC5E0nL4e3auxyVlZ_L-4k8HMJHfBb9LQMEjAPISLNGnCC3-MloeusNtDIKw/s640/blogger-image--928907501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Just before leaving California I managed to buy three pairs of Levis, one 501, one 514 and one 511 all for the same price of a pair of 501s in the UK.</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Crossing the border into Oregon we stopped at a casino for a rest, with a $20 budget each we attacked the floor. For me it was slot machines as I have no idea about Blackjack or those sort of games. After a $5 bet I won $33, called it a day and went to the bar for a soda.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Strange place Oregon, there were people smoking at the bar! </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So, one can smoke in bars and public buildings, wear a firearm openly and carry an assault rifle in the street, buy cannabis from dispensaries on every street corner, even saw a drive through cannabis booth but its against the law in Oregon to fill your own car with fuel!</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Today we drove to Crater Lake which is as it says on the tin. A huge crater filled with water 5 miles across and apparently the deepest lake in the US created after a volcano died. 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An hours drive into the park revealed the most wonderful landscapes.</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">There is no way I can describe the sheer mass of rock going straight up for about 7000 feet and with people climbing the vertical face! Apparently, it takes a climber between 4 to 8 days to reach the summit! That means they have to carry enough food & water, they must sleep up there and do their poo poos in a bag because they are not allowed to drop anything and this is on a vertical granite face of over 7000 feet! With binoculars, one could sit in a deck chair and watch their progress for a week! (see attached photo) Very humbling.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Tomorrow we head for Sacramento and the freeway north up to Oregon and Crater Lake, maybe take 2 days to leave California but its not a race.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTiI9AYCTtkpPDq8dp0S2r5shGXqtMrR_CYr2anREBBDhAb78P-vWdVASO0oXdBSb84EenCjpLew8ci-b_ZqnrKcmR3WVJAyjgNhsFuebgj_X3aOb-vP1EBK6pbTFp2zuMwIlTr64t0w/s640/blogger-image--105306118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJTiI9AYCTtkpPDq8dp0S2r5shGXqtMrR_CYr2anREBBDhAb78P-vWdVASO0oXdBSb84EenCjpLew8ci-b_ZqnrKcmR3WVJAyjgNhsFuebgj_X3aOb-vP1EBK6pbTFp2zuMwIlTr64t0w/s640/blogger-image--105306118.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJGJ04N1-P6jP8gU5DUOzpiDHhu71pZ-mMy0u7XJQwHndI-yOzXlkGOeNNwbx2GAhaC54DLbdSbZ0VpTcU9c0avpMdB4VxfbktezKyl98pR3onfPOM5b4l0ZOtdq0xxk44xtoHAunJIc/s640/blogger-image--1610096214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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At the bottom of the town is a beautiful long beach with the whitest sand where pelicans watch the seals playing in the surf.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">We met some old friends on the beach, Ross & Kerry Adams who live here in Monterey. Ross is a good old Cornish boy from up St Austell way while Kerry is home grown US. After a walk along the beach with their dog we had lunch at the Hogs Breath pub and although he owns it, Clint Eastwood didn't make an appearance, the lunch was rather tasty though and dog friendly!</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">We stayed on a ranch which had a terraced camp site up the side of a hill, the view down the Carmel Valley was cool. Always bear aware we put all food in the van at night but something was scratching around outside the tent in the darkness. The site owner said probably not a bear, more likely a packrat, like a rat but bigger! On the second night Mr Packrat was on patrol for titbits when he squealed once followed by the sound of something running through the grass. Site owner said not to worry, that would be a cougar getting his dinner! On a nocturnal toilet mission, Lyn startled something big in the dark by the van, probably the cougar..............</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">On an entrance slip road to the freeway there were three guys hitching and all holding cardboard placards, the first simply said San Fransisco. The second said Travelling and broke but the third said I just like holding cardboard. Make us chuckle, didn't pick them up either.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVy8cnAWFm4XfL30THZCJ9ggWNJKx7uBNoqr4bkY4P2RSzCCk-wRM7mOKKeA-zWyhTuilEzLdw3v2Ubvzo7OccaBUyaK7pCUhk0Tk1nFPdl56KqKhhBa2TrbKeEj1tNA0-kuFsECYmUeg/s640/blogger-image--1344839855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVy8cnAWFm4XfL30THZCJ9ggWNJKx7uBNoqr4bkY4P2RSzCCk-wRM7mOKKeA-zWyhTuilEzLdw3v2Ubvzo7OccaBUyaK7pCUhk0Tk1nFPdl56KqKhhBa2TrbKeEj1tNA0-kuFsECYmUeg/s640/blogger-image--1344839855.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FHQokQono4-zRQnK8_dQE_-lVO8AdLwZcckBVawU9_ZLOI1C2krHSBzrJQxPdnDQcUXbwAfgu3uWLrOd5BPm0IyOjXfI-VXpwDazQ6BfY5GWBgw9EexKfgds2F5aHj19MvXZcCMowQ0/s640/blogger-image-1553629213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FHQokQono4-zRQnK8_dQE_-lVO8AdLwZcckBVawU9_ZLOI1C2krHSBzrJQxPdnDQcUXbwAfgu3uWLrOd5BPm0IyOjXfI-VXpwDazQ6BfY5GWBgw9EexKfgds2F5aHj19MvXZcCMowQ0/s640/blogger-image-1553629213.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheH3i6QbuK0ZxAXXY1yJtif2LkM_rQHmVjGfi9Q-eprUjHUhjQFNX8cQ_CsNzZHNFGHb_3blkyi3jfcumMAmz_j9KiQbZmk4p31aY3Mws17KEIwXDogB9cwFPGdkYJm1053mnO0LutUf8/s640/blogger-image-1136885673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheH3i6QbuK0ZxAXXY1yJtif2LkM_rQHmVjGfi9Q-eprUjHUhjQFNX8cQ_CsNzZHNFGHb_3blkyi3jfcumMAmz_j9KiQbZmk4p31aY3Mws17KEIwXDogB9cwFPGdkYJm1053mnO0LutUf8/s640/blogger-image-1136885673.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-82976980344469403192016-10-01T19:54:00.001-07:002016-10-01T19:54:22.242-07:00Journeys endJourneys end, Carmel where Clint Eastwood once was the mayor. Also, its Archies 21st today but he has come down with a stinking cold. We popped a bottle of champagne anyway. Staying here for three days to recharge before heading slowly north inland to Vancouver. Beautiful sunset with crickets singing their hearts out. 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California just was better. We followed the coast road down along the Redwood Highway and camped in a national park....did it get very dark? Dark and very quiet. After baking potatoes in the open fire pit, a bottle of wine we were off to bed by 8pm!</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Every tent pitch has a metal cabinet to place ALL food stuff which locks so Biffo cant get a free lunch. So all night I heard Biffo moving from pitch to pitch bashing the cabinets trying fatten himself on leftovers. Lyn slept in the van!</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The Redwoods were pretty spectacular with most over 2000 years old. One had been hit by lightning some 300 years ago and caught fire hollowing the first 50 or so feet and had been turned into a gift shop.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So now we are in an hotel for a pit stop. We all needed a bath and a bit of pampering, not putting up the tent was a bonus. Tomorrow we should cross the Golden Gate bridge to the south of San Fransisco and Carmel for a three day rest before heading inland for more visual treats as we head back north for Vancouver which should take about 4-5 days.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuaqufT69qAJQbQWMdKzbtIPa7O07js9fp6T7rFJGrvT1ZMUwr22H8hmgrdtG8jckaBVW25jrt7BpRM3Kzg813HwlsrE7e2ANYiQ2RZligSsIkEevrLpRj_UUjS7UWtgmUzvAQ_V0xbQ/s640/blogger-image-131851867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuaqufT69qAJQbQWMdKzbtIPa7O07js9fp6T7rFJGrvT1ZMUwr22H8hmgrdtG8jckaBVW25jrt7BpRM3Kzg813HwlsrE7e2ANYiQ2RZligSsIkEevrLpRj_UUjS7UWtgmUzvAQ_V0xbQ/s640/blogger-image-131851867.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYG4VzqlFJPWAs_ZXLq-6TpxMUJOIGN2T1NtSXG7gUnrwwcqgFDgj7TZ9BhgZlTUm7kp9eJ5DMKsdo7Xu6m-ydva_q9LCrWDQngwuhmIllfHU7qoS8yfUt4wkXkeEO7ONgQ7NIPxT9tk/s640/blogger-image--1490414573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The sale of the drug is taxed and spent entirely on schools and hospitals within Oregon. The first three monthe raised $25M for these causes.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-4134832529191670192016-09-26T17:00:00.001-07:002016-09-26T17:00:56.204-07:00Oregon & the Pacific coast<span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Washington state is the home to some of the most amazing countryside. Mountains, orange hills and lush green fields surrounding beautiful lakes. We followed the Columbia river into Oregon which is just as beautiful...I thought. We suddenly arrived at the Pacific coast and watched whales cruising up the coast to the north.</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">One of the "must do" things on my list was to pay a visit to the Howard Hughes monster airplane the "Spruce Goose" housed in a hangar at Long Beach California. Imagine my surprise when I learned someone had bought it and placed it in a museum right here in Oregon? Also actually on our route through to the coast. Another surprise was to learn that the whole airplane had been built entirely of wood because toward the end of the second world war, the US government denied Mr Hughes any aluminium or other metals to built his monster as aircraft grade metals were in short supply. </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The plane was actually called the Hercules but the press at the time called it the Spruce Goose although it was built from Birch.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Stopping enroute for breakfast at a highway diner, we were all shocked at the sight of a man with his family of small children. He was armed with what looked like a 9mm Glock pistol in a side holster completely open to view. Apparently side arms worn openly is legal in Oregon..............</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So right now its 10pm, totally dark in a forest of very tall pine trees. We are sitting around a big fire pit having enjoyed a camp kitchen cooked chilli and beer listening to the roar of the Pacific ocean somewhere over there. 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Driving into the city is one thing, getting out again is another. Four lanes of Freeway at 60mph gets you in, not necessarily to where you wanted to go but after a tour of the fish market and a hearty lunch we told Doris inside the Satnav where we wanted to be next. Problem is those nice people up in those satellites lost contact with Doris because the high rise buildings blocked out all lines of communication. So she says "Turn left.........signal lost, we turn left and carry straight on until Doris wakes up saying we should have turned earlier...blah blah.</div><div><br></div><div>As marijuana is legal in Washington state there is a weed shop on every corner...weird. But not as weird as the Brownies Archie came back with.....say no more!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEP2YKwndlSWVs7C9R1uGYl5vJsBHAim5YhrihNNYIeDdtB2NGdBEx-ligCm-v6Xw6i45fo18rTdtkbvQQRchyphenhyphenphaBWOw9vfSvnwBIkhPxeMe0Iuq2sWh9dsml1EfK9brLdjbPIWVZcg/s640/blogger-image-1879281252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEP2YKwndlSWVs7C9R1uGYl5vJsBHAim5YhrihNNYIeDdtB2NGdBEx-ligCm-v6Xw6i45fo18rTdtkbvQQRchyphenhyphenphaBWOw9vfSvnwBIkhPxeMe0Iuq2sWh9dsml1EfK9brLdjbPIWVZcg/s640/blogger-image-1879281252.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHRzjWeqPJKFeIeewFgqbq11AZe0JNL7eDKr6PFnCCHXxQC6por22T3X6XurWfnlQEnF_9f-ZJFxUj-4IEthKBx80HFjWpJDcG_YE9pa_bAixdSsF7RHprm2WQ9L2oPJJz0j0GZkbEe8/s640/blogger-image--1906085868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHRzjWeqPJKFeIeewFgqbq11AZe0JNL7eDKr6PFnCCHXxQC6por22T3X6XurWfnlQEnF_9f-ZJFxUj-4IEthKBx80HFjWpJDcG_YE9pa_bAixdSsF7RHprm2WQ9L2oPJJz0j0GZkbEe8/s640/blogger-image--1906085868.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UK-RKKfyPzB5WXUHF-IFBUwL3p2kztz2qoprZrokzEWxQAQ6FsAtwgzK100-7EbNYreZ_VA8T4c7MOkS-bkNzeIqkQt1u9Jzj8dSQ5uDBbUKPXrVMZTFZyQGjEYDfctr9a7ILOkw-pQ/s640/blogger-image--708376473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UK-RKKfyPzB5WXUHF-IFBUwL3p2kztz2qoprZrokzEWxQAQ6FsAtwgzK100-7EbNYreZ_VA8T4c7MOkS-bkNzeIqkQt1u9Jzj8dSQ5uDBbUKPXrVMZTFZyQGjEYDfctr9a7ILOkw-pQ/s640/blogger-image--708376473.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-37918720207793238822016-09-22T10:14:00.001-07:002016-09-22T10:15:09.007-07:00Oh Micky........<span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">As some kind of navigator I pride myself on being able to plan a trip from a map, using logic and a few tried and tested methods of calculating time & distance whether in the air or on the road. That being said, the trip from Golden in Canada to the US border at Osoyoos, overnight stay and then on to Seattle took forever! So I dispensed with Twatnav and bought a Satnav.</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br><div>Now in the woods just outside Seattle, tent up, food and beer on the go just before dark. It seems considerably warmer down south so probably stay a couple of days to chill. One of Boeings aircraft factories is nearby where tours of the facility are conducted. ✈️ 🤔</div><div>On the way through to the border we stopped for lunch in a small town called Rossland where in a cafe we all enjoyed a fabulous fare, so much delicious food, too much to handle so we took half the sandwiches and salad in a box to enjoy dreckly. Later at Osoyoos Lyn was munching the remains of her salad and suddenly stood up shrieking and spat out the rear half of a dead mouse! Well, we all lost our appetite from then on. So we are now trying to contact the cafe owner to see what they have to say before we produce post mortem Micky to the public health department. Watch this space. </div><div>Luckily we had antibacterial mouth wash handy, I just wonder what became of the front end of the rodent?</div></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">On a separate note of concern, Archie has taken off in the car on a self tutored driving lesson around the campsite which is huge. My main worry is that all the beer is in the fridge in the back.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLUQQkR5DOGzGLGqrglpio4PIU81M7AGzJyU3BiWtrLB3gWS5WEpVEWeDNcdYRTSgmh43_7sD0bPk_8eA7JgJOj_NjC1REZqWp7Svybpg0m5bMECtLjgTr5WmZv1AKXZ-iiKS7gflaKM/s640/blogger-image--553642466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLUQQkR5DOGzGLGqrglpio4PIU81M7AGzJyU3BiWtrLB3gWS5WEpVEWeDNcdYRTSgmh43_7sD0bPk_8eA7JgJOj_NjC1REZqWp7Svybpg0m5bMECtLjgTr5WmZv1AKXZ-iiKS7gflaKM/s640/blogger-image--553642466.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GOVOK1WeOJP2U8i7fOXmFiVsleo19IWy-cqDKtSaGMi0_gPAqJ5GYwywKf6oy8XxOG7Lbig_N1SgcU3cbMUuknuohUavib0LI5lv6Citj5W5YJlpFkw_RzAp8a6_EoZlXpaG4XTQOs4/s640/blogger-image--1553101277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GOVOK1WeOJP2U8i7fOXmFiVsleo19IWy-cqDKtSaGMi0_gPAqJ5GYwywKf6oy8XxOG7Lbig_N1SgcU3cbMUuknuohUavib0LI5lv6Citj5W5YJlpFkw_RzAp8a6_EoZlXpaG4XTQOs4/s640/blogger-image--1553101277.jpg"></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-80609221593307986372016-09-15T22:47:00.001-07:002016-09-16T15:17:54.410-07:00Kicking Horses<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfP_PLDR1n7G5WCRaIItfsLDlvnP0u8NFjrlZq8ZWfmdBlhd5ZnJFxi-ZjL_0bLoHlHvyn1aDnA2RP5xnrcJ62LW_KhGO7Psh7ZmXpSQnQvVB9tnQ-YjxILb8vgXgJUDYTQK9W8TTb1E/s640/blogger-image--1958382800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfP_PLDR1n7G5WCRaIItfsLDlvnP0u8NFjrlZq8ZWfmdBlhd5ZnJFxi-ZjL_0bLoHlHvyn1aDnA2RP5xnrcJ62LW_KhGO7Psh7ZmXpSQnQvVB9tnQ-YjxILb8vgXgJUDYTQK9W8TTb1E/s640/blogger-image--1958382800.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNKuSjkGhCWDzP38f89Jc_z_Bwo_N4xCu1al70rWYYh868SUIxCdshDbMjhT1DGiybIhDZtPKdRCf-mrdmz3-rN1WQgVSpYLa8sSM1PfpD7l6ZDiiI-hG9SN4t_rhJfiWEMUFjOZqgpY/s640/blogger-image--1859948490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNKuSjkGhCWDzP38f89Jc_z_Bwo_N4xCu1al70rWYYh868SUIxCdshDbMjhT1DGiybIhDZtPKdRCf-mrdmz3-rN1WQgVSpYLa8sSM1PfpD7l6ZDiiI-hG9SN4t_rhJfiWEMUFjOZqgpY/s640/blogger-image--1859948490.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8xB-SE8sWjJa4DcLViWBejDeFoXkv8Tz5WurT8xXPaGTmStVHnSlmdohxI4OSY-nPyk6bqio6oODADYu7Bml4LfzoS5AUWjU9Do_PmLPLyO0_qyOUEDdE1t1HoJk2uvuxmpRIgsVBCg/s640/blogger-image--99378451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8xB-SE8sWjJa4DcLViWBejDeFoXkv8Tz5WurT8xXPaGTmStVHnSlmdohxI4OSY-nPyk6bqio6oODADYu7Bml4LfzoS5AUWjU9Do_PmLPLyO0_qyOUEDdE1t1HoJk2uvuxmpRIgsVBCg/s640/blogger-image--99378451.jpg"></a></div>On the road again, (Willie Nelson) from Nelson we drive for 3 hours along a valley of the most awesome proportions. Everything is vast, the mountains on either side are now snowcapped, the valley floor is so green and full of wildlife. We saw bear, skunk, caribou and heron. The Columbia river flows along dictating every twist and bend of the valley with a rail track and the highway along its banks.<div><br style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">Next stop is the Austrian themed town of Radium which has a natural hot spring at 42c to soak in. Being out of season we manage a motel deal for the night, lunch on the balcony, 2 hours soaking in the hot spring, down the pub for open mic night....well, what a laugh. The resident band was a 30 stone dad who had to play his guitar seated, his 20 stone son on guitar and whoever wanted to step up and sing, dance or play any instrument. 16 year old Stacey came up and belted out some country numbers, she was good. On the last song she stumbled on the lyrics for a second which was the cue for the very pissed old lady to join Stacey and sang like a cat being strangled then fell over, excellent comedy act.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">The next day after a hearty breakfast still going north we finally hit Golden and the mountain that Archie has made his home. We haven't seen him for over 5 months so hugs all round.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">Being way up in the mountains the air temperature at night is close to freezing so camping is no longer an option. Lyn had found a hostel on line which is down a back road next to a railway yard of massive proportions. The hostel sits alone and at first glance I decided maybe a Holiday Inn would be preferable but Lyn insisted we get out. We were met by Tania, the proprietor who welcomed us in a broad Scottish accent and instantly I felt at home. She is one of those can do people and has a plethora of amusing stories. We sat around an open fire out back eating from the barbecue and drinking beer with her four cats well into the night. At regular intervals a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train would thunder past either east or west bound and the track about 20 metres away. Most trains would have two huge engines pulling, another engine in the middle with another as tailend Charlie. Tania says on average the trains are a mile long!</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">In the morning we drive up to Kicking Horse Resort where Archie works and as a perk he arranges free passes to ride the Gondola ski lift to the summit and the highest restaurant in Canada. Snow on the ground we enjoyed hot chocolate and the most amazing views I have ever seen.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">We then took an open chair lift to an electric fenced enclosure of 20 acres which is home to Boo, a captive grizzly bear. Boo was orphaned ten years ago when an illegal hunter shot and killed Boos momma. The two cubs were rescued and the enclosure was built to ensure they survived, sadly one cub died soon after but Boo flourished in his private forest. At this time of year he is on an 8000 calorie per day diet just before he hibernates for the winter. The hunter received a $50,000 fine for failing to produce a $50 hunting permit.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">The daytime weather is still glorious with temperatures up to 28c but dropping to freezing at night so we are staying at the hostel until Sunday by which time Archie finishes his final shift for the season then we pack up and head south for Washington state, the Oregon coast down to California and hopefully some warmer camping type weather.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">As Im sitting here by the fire pit at midnight writing this, a truck pulls up and three Irish guys spill out to book into the hostel. One of the fellers comes out and shares a bottle of red with me. We actually solved the Northern Irish situation in about half an hour. I hope I can remember the details so I can let Boris know.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoOqlNd316DdC9gPR29p_xZ7qauWuUibINLQPXShYJyg4-i5n7bWd6rFDO7C5PxVcubhZrU3E41D91TrF-IykHt0AjkDmDxGuCZz52oJ-4TzHWUiaq-xInsm7RF1eJ-TO0Sl9QZAaorE/s640/blogger-image--1900690024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Four days & nights in Nelson and I want to live here! Three of the four days it rained which was miserable, however, today the sun came back and all is well again.</span><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0&autoplay=1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px;">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjiWS__Mp0&autoplay=1</a><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"> </span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The town is not like most BC towns in so much that they all seem to be temporary. The buildings are all timber framed and centred along a strip which becomes Main street. Nelson on the other hand is all over the place mainly stone fronted buildings giving the appearance of some kind of history.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Walking through the town everyone without fail will smile or say hi. </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">On the street last night we asked a couple if they knew the whereabouts of the Canadian legion, a good source of cheap food & beer and music. So we ended up in an hotel bar with Tom & Beth from Vancouver, had a drink and a good laugh with them. He is a consultant at some big hospital and she is a nurse. They invited us to spend the weekend at their cottage in New Denver!</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">The cottage is a five bed mansion in 5 acres on a lake with a family of bear in the grounds. Unfortunately we are headed in the opposite direction to take advantage of such an offer. 😕</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Getting back to Nelson, the main street, Baker street, is awash with coffee bars, beer bars and Lynda type shops........nick nack things you never thought you needed. Always able to turn a boring shopping trip into a good day, I sat at a few bars along the way. Did I mention the airstrip in the middle of town?</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Tomorrow we break camp and begin the trek north to meet up with Archie stopping at a few provincial campsites along the way. Nelson is a municipal site in town which means its cheap ($25 per night) but no open fire pit. Provincial sites are like National Trust, in the woods with fire pits also Biffo the bear lurking about.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Along the way are a couple of natural mineral spring spa jobs which are volcanic water outlets into a pool ranging from 38 to 42c. Heavenly!</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So just now Ed comes over and offers popcorn in a bag. He looks like a hells angel, bald head and long goatie. I offer a tin of beer in exchange for the popcorn, he accepts. Turns out he owns three retired Greyhound buses , one converted to live in, one as a mobile movie theatre and the other a project in waiting. We do the tour of the living one, king sized bed, 50inch plasma, fireplace, bar etc.......he wants 40 grand Canadian for it......slightly tempted.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Almost forgot, just over the lake by ferry we found a small wooden workshop where a couple were hand making wooden broomsticks. Their claim to fame is they made the all the brooms for the Harry Potter movies! They really have cleaned up!</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElArknpq_HN4Ir_ZQroPQfzifORswwT_bx8UBkjamhdv-52KqfF6oe2a6N2MgxpjVCteFcxX0WH5bJMg-mZ2sdzc54luKZQJLOZaWyGBGIOBHYvC1LaOJy_EX6Uj_oaq5O7Qt5nCQEok/s640/blogger-image--1375310993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Sandon grew in the 1890s after someone discovered a rich vein of silver in them there hills. A town nearby was named Galena after the ore found in the workings. Within a few months, prospectors from California and as far away as Cornwall flooded to Sandon to realise their get rich quick dreams. But, disaster seemed to lurk behind every corner.</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Sandon lies along a very fast flowing river with very high mountains on both sides, so to build a town to support 5000 people was a challenge. A town sprung up almost overnight with blacksmith shops, hardware stores, lawyers offices to process claims, assayers offices, hotels, bars, and the first anywhere water powered turbine electricity generator which still runs today, oh, and almost 50 brothels!</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Two railway companies quickly saw the potential of offering their services to ferry people and supplies into Sandon and to bring the silver, lead and magnesium out from the town. Unfortunately both rail companies spent a lot of time and effort in trying to sabotage their rival by dynamiting each others offices and track.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">One half of the bustling main street of Sandon was built over and followed the river down the valley on huge wooden stilts and pavements. The town flourished living on the richest silver ore being processed from the valley until 1955 when a flood tore down the mountain taking half the main street with it. Strangely, silver prices had plummeted so suddenly all interest in the town and its mines collapsed along with half the town. Locals believe there are still to this day over 10,000 gold and silver coins in the river having been washed away from the brothels and other businesses that night.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQhuw19FUa5pv2oCAzlZW-cLoMvtCGb94cNb9c6qNZBHUhyphenhyphen_4_SyuPgtKhRucVu-si47Ri_lfmY-s46FfaUgU2lHcKa7sQ27S267g406Z7CyZkCZmLVnRXa4IBE0CNvXYfdGZyZ73v-w/s640/blogger-image-536334590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQhuw19FUa5pv2oCAzlZW-cLoMvtCGb94cNb9c6qNZBHUhyphenhyphen_4_SyuPgtKhRucVu-si47Ri_lfmY-s46FfaUgU2lHcKa7sQ27S267g406Z7CyZkCZmLVnRXa4IBE0CNvXYfdGZyZ73v-w/s640/blogger-image-536334590.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZof0sKuuGLDiB8kRjBqnSyomTHCzSs88clOBL-Bl9zERVqi6Rz6Ah4T2DY6fOhLaiNFLe6dvyj5fQIiU-AQiMzoRXGa04ntcm5c5EcRLdO2EliQ_H6ZShCywNeIts5WgYIR8TDZoblug/s640/blogger-image--53786712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZof0sKuuGLDiB8kRjBqnSyomTHCzSs88clOBL-Bl9zERVqi6Rz6Ah4T2DY6fOhLaiNFLe6dvyj5fQIiU-AQiMzoRXGa04ntcm5c5EcRLdO2EliQ_H6ZShCywNeIts5WgYIR8TDZoblug/s640/blogger-image--53786712.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wT_vBTRY4tBtuBnmsKzyrCwF60GTuPb01iSXrBq-Rja_xzD4dDscE02Ts_PdueNa6xUgX_lawMq_PR9ACgGquqd-cGzoLiIYhbfNdH6tXx4cqeFOBrNAwpda6BPqx0rub2R6qeMyoMs/s640/blogger-image--1640396003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wT_vBTRY4tBtuBnmsKzyrCwF60GTuPb01iSXrBq-Rja_xzD4dDscE02Ts_PdueNa6xUgX_lawMq_PR9ACgGquqd-cGzoLiIYhbfNdH6tXx4cqeFOBrNAwpda6BPqx0rub2R6qeMyoMs/s640/blogger-image--1640396003.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVFLf_XD-LJYECSwyzksHou-gIbanbIrMbmrkY8rIIqQja3MZHWhybOMY1gkdv2DCNIk4gUPkgYqa-NyYn-7uibDhL-3RRtPKqlnZwQbGHpUhnmJGoCb235vC_nngEecLpFrK9wZ3X5c/s640/blogger-image-1660746102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVFLf_XD-LJYECSwyzksHou-gIbanbIrMbmrkY8rIIqQja3MZHWhybOMY1gkdv2DCNIk4gUPkgYqa-NyYn-7uibDhL-3RRtPKqlnZwQbGHpUhnmJGoCb235vC_nngEecLpFrK9wZ3X5c/s640/blogger-image-1660746102.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-69064350971243944682016-09-06T18:53:00.001-07:002016-09-06T18:58:52.050-07:00To the mountains.....<span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Dear diary, been here four months now, still no sign of the north west passage. Personally I think its a myth and that the world really is flat and I would be in good company for thinking that. Apparently the Flat Earth Society is thriving and claims to have many members all around the globe!</span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Did I mention we love being in Penticton? Well, we do because.....where to begin....I have to begin with all the people we have met and become friends with most especially Jo and her sidekick Barkley the terrier or terror! We met Jo last year on a very cold icy hilltop on the winter solstice and she has become one of those rare lifelong buddies. She is one of those whose heart is as big as her head......no, bigger! Every time we needed a little help she was there, nothing was a problem. We even bought her car.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Then theres Ron & Lorette, what can I say about these two. Ron is a retired bricklayer from Brandon, bit like me apart from the Brandon bit. I feel as though Ive known Ron all my life, Lorette just makes me laugh. We met them in Alberta on our original journey and just seem to meet up with them all the time, even in Walmart.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">There are many other people around Canada and Penticton in particular who now know the location of Cornwall and Wales.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So here is where we are right now. We left Penticton last Friday to see Carol & Cory in Vernon before the winter. We bought a large tent and loads of stuff for real camping like gas bottles and things. We borrowed a cooker, a kitchen thingy, sleeping bags etc from Shelley in Penticton. We are now real campers, log fires and no washing for days.....also bears looking for the last meal before hibernation so have to be very cautious with food not being left out at night.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">We are now in the Kootenays, a mountain range mid BC, stunning scenery, headed slowly toward Archie in Golden on the Alberta border. He finishes his contract on the 16th which frees him for our road trip down to California for a month before returning to Cornwall for the winter.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">On the way up to Nakusp Springs, we crossed a lake on a ferry not too dissimilar to the King Harry ferry in Cornwall, except this one was a free ride. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEjoN2XeNpxaYHl98p6gmD-o3ialKhL_D0kqu9PX35R2w6qtb0SWXUe073BRnDNytiPYxXT60CBG2NAaDxGokp73KziSHyR1THtOos1nhETvN5Lo8vlheZZOB-JlV2Fv6LS4c9EVql6U/s640/blogger-image-1842046601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEjoN2XeNpxaYHl98p6gmD-o3ialKhL_D0kqu9PX35R2w6qtb0SWXUe073BRnDNytiPYxXT60CBG2NAaDxGokp73KziSHyR1THtOos1nhETvN5Lo8vlheZZOB-JlV2Fv6LS4c9EVql6U/s640/blogger-image-1842046601.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8Yr4saacg4GFN51Cx3pCJfyctMzaytGnIVZrCETRf6maCiaMUeTeyQaMVznahlL0H2ekxA6C-g4BHHc5SPoTCw4_6FLhWHJCU3x3Y7gjzB4_GgTA7uR1Gl0XpN5Xjn1Xlp51BVFUAO0/s640/blogger-image-970351405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 21px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"> I did my best, slow barbecue at 8.30, it got dark, no meteor shower. Had a few beers whilst scanning the heavens, nothing. <div>Went inside and watched some detective drama thing from Australia, quite good actually. Couple of glasses of red, check the sky.....again nothing other than the usual stars and stuff.</div><div>Now 11pm and still no astro extravaganza, although by now I have a glass of vodka with ginger ale plus a splash of ice. Mrs Thomas has denied my being so Im lying on top of a picanic table staring skyward and amazed by the volume of noise ala crickets.</div><div>I have an app which not only explains all things astral just by pointing ones ipad heavenward but also presents a wonderful visual explanation of whats up there. What caught my eye was all them satellite things flying around on fixed (geo static) orbits and all the other ones especially the International Space Station. </div><div>For a moment I got very excited because I spotted a bright light moving across the sky, maybe a CIA satellite watching how much vodka I had left in my glass as per how long I had been in sight of the all seeing eye. The ratio of vodka to time would presumably determine my depth of communist tendencies......or...maybe my tendencies to fanciful paranoia?</div><div>Anyway, it turns out I probably had too much vodka because all the stars were moving across the sky until I rolled off the picanic table onto the tomato plants!</div><div>Still not a bleddy shooting star to be seen.......<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbOp6ILIcnsk1ULDYyjAEua_s4vZ7szVDP1RcnkjARj4bk9Z8erK1DkBlbZx53FYGtp66S1CEp3-mulzqkFxvWn7ms2ev26uuwtk8MXV6VV7kpRDxjefQyeI1q85jZEsWxc2xQoVi3X0/s640/blogger-image--1203383400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbOp6ILIcnsk1ULDYyjAEua_s4vZ7szVDP1RcnkjARj4bk9Z8erK1DkBlbZx53FYGtp66S1CEp3-mulzqkFxvWn7ms2ev26uuwtk8MXV6VV7kpRDxjefQyeI1q85jZEsWxc2xQoVi3X0/s640/blogger-image--1203383400.jpg"></a></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-14143763929455924602016-07-27T23:47:00.001-07:002016-07-27T23:47:18.626-07:00Rattlesnakes and Beavers<div>Penticton regional airport is probably nearly twice as busy and in terms of land area a 1/4 the size of Newquay airport. But, Newquay is an ex RAF station with one of the longest runways in the UK rumoured to have been built to accommodate any emergency or mid air scare experienced by the very first Concordes headed out across the Atlantic or by the space shuttle program having been found short and needing a convenient port in a storm. </div><div><br></div><div>The daily business at Penticton is the perfectly on time Air Canada and Westjet turboprops and the usual executive jets bearing mostly US registration marks with the occasional bland unmarked Gulfstream jet. </div><div>A lot of helicopter training gives the place the feel of a Mash station back in the 50s which is brought up to date by the random arrival of a military specimen such as an F18 or the C117 heavy lift monster.</div><div><br></div><div>This week we had an ex Cityjet Avro RJ 85 now employed as an heroic fire bomber joining the ranks of our fire fighting fleet. Nicknamed the Whisper Jet and built at Hatfield, north London she looks pretty slick lined up next to the chunky heavy and rather dated looking Convairs.</div><div><br></div><div>Today, however, we had an unusual arrival in the form of a de Havilland Beaver floatplane which landed on the lake and taxied right onto the beach. Strange how a plane can "land" on water?</div><div>Anyway, went down to the beach at dusk to speak with the pilot who told me many things. The plane is the same age as me, built in December 1954 and has flown for over 30,000 hours! It has eaten 12 engines and goodness knows how many miles flown. But tonight it had been sold again to a company in Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic circle and was on the beach to collect its cargo and an awful lot of fuel which I witnessed being carried down the beach in big red cans.</div><div>The pilot also told me he would be leaving at about 04.30 - 05.00 and heading north for a very long time. I agreed to be on the beach to see him off at the dawn.</div><div>Alarm set for 03.50, coffee machine loaded I went to bed....oh, on the way back we called into the beach bar for a sundowner.....or two.</div><div>The alarm sounded and I trickled out of bed, reset the alarm and treasured the allowance of 10 minutes in slumber until the recall......which I did not hear, but I did hear the sound of the Beaver struggling to lift too much fuel off the lake and very close to my trailers roof headed north. Darn it!</div><div><br></div><div>The day after was another stifling hot day so once more onto the beach to cool in the clear warm lake, only to be met by a rattlesnake! Lyn, her training kicking in, sped off to find Terry the maintenance man who reluctantly put down his coffee, his cigar, his girlfriend and raced his beach buggy to face the venomous reptile. "Stand back" he told the children taking selfies in turn and promptly and if I may endorse, heroically, captured the snake on his shovel and removed to a more conducive environment. </div><div>I never heard of anything like this happening down Portreath beach?</div><div>And what of that bland unmarked Gulfstream? 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If you can imagine a sealed container full of urine left in the sun for a month, take off the lid and take a noseful, thats close to what Im getting.</div><div>So I dismantle the heating unit and lay mouse traps and poison to catch and/or kill any pissy critters but still the waft finds me here and there. </div><div>Next Im up on the roof clearing the soil pipe vent tube with high pressure water.</div><div>Still got the smell. I try flushing and cleaning twice a week and twice as much disinfectant as usual....no luck.</div><div>Now, under the floor is a 57 gallon holding tank from the toilet which has to be emptied, flushed and sanitised weekly. Covering the tank system in is a sheet of heavy duty plastic sheeting to keep road dirt and anything from entering the underside. Looking underneath at the sheeting there is a big downward hanging bulge which I attacked with a Stanley knife, didn't think that one through did I?</div><div>Soaked by my own liquified excrement is probably the best definition of getting ones own back.</div><div>After much showering, flushing the holding tank with bleach and hundreds of gallons of water, I discover a small split on a joint on the tank. Fortunately someone makes and supplies a repair kit for $20. Kit applied, leak remains.....now Im pissed off in more ways than one.</div><div>Lyn calls in the expert, Terry the maintenance man who has a look and points out the only solution is to have the crack in the tank "plastic welded". </div><div>So thats where we are now, trying to find somewhere to buy a plastic welding kit......losing interest right about now........tomorrow is another day.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8CfWxw8w6oqTVbdFlmlK60-Y4ad16oDgccQhR1RirXfNZmtY9lxvG3v06IFKpq5kIXIXMjbQkv3709ATpQsrfdjo0uW_k8ql193Zu_lvISxJTgFoP9fqYjLMe2Cun6y0PjB1QXURPzU/s640/blogger-image-279312005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8CfWxw8w6oqTVbdFlmlK60-Y4ad16oDgccQhR1RirXfNZmtY9lxvG3v06IFKpq5kIXIXMjbQkv3709ATpQsrfdjo0uW_k8ql193Zu_lvISxJTgFoP9fqYjLMe2Cun6y0PjB1QXURPzU/s640/blogger-image-279312005.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCRxpoOzXkj1WEgdpwrPGEOlDyJc1poMaIqpE9Jf5dXi3eifaGpzz4hMjouXPp1YG9scCravFhGubVzP1OhVVHvLbKSqGTU8yIGBvilr7TdKEufhFmtDTyf8Aq-sj0f4L8SEbIoRPy2A/s640/blogger-image-2074525914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCRxpoOzXkj1WEgdpwrPGEOlDyJc1poMaIqpE9Jf5dXi3eifaGpzz4hMjouXPp1YG9scCravFhGubVzP1OhVVHvLbKSqGTU8yIGBvilr7TdKEufhFmtDTyf8Aq-sj0f4L8SEbIoRPy2A/s640/blogger-image-2074525914.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Still, a walk and paddle on the beach makes it all see far away.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-45297134263543883902016-07-06T19:06:00.001-07:002016-07-06T19:06:53.905-07:00Canada at war!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpI_OjBLpDTBuaFoIg2JOfI01BaxDUOmDW61MsK4NUhJ5kPtbmkHW-85yBy8vXIetQqL18ylQ-fOJfECmqBwNMrCG_JcS7j5gVdAx5K-wO_UiFvIpK-3U_ZWxmbGwrfUHfxxXVWFGHlY/s640/blogger-image-293023830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpI_OjBLpDTBuaFoIg2JOfI01BaxDUOmDW61MsK4NUhJ5kPtbmkHW-85yBy8vXIetQqL18ylQ-fOJfECmqBwNMrCG_JcS7j5gVdAx5K-wO_UiFvIpK-3U_ZWxmbGwrfUHfxxXVWFGHlY/s640/blogger-image-293023830.jpg"></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-40040640343283618462016-07-02T22:30:00.001-07:002016-07-02T22:30:59.034-07:00Floaties and floaters<div>Penticton is a self appointed city, no cathedral but that's not a requirement it seems. The city sits between two very large lakes, the Okanagan to the north and Skaha to the south. We live on the shore of Skaha lake right next to and very close to Penticton regional airport.</div><div>Connecting the lakes is a man made channel called the channel, at just over 4 miles long and 50 ft wide the flow never exceeds 2mph. So, all the cool people buy themselves inflatable chairs, lilos, dinghys, tubes etc to float along on a hot summers day and know these devices collectively as "floaties". The local trade in floaties is big with many outlets selling all manner and all combination of mentioned floaties. One can go with a small single seat job for those hoping to find romance or just have no friends right up to a six seater with a floating cold store for your beer or wine! The channel will be full of floaties on the weekend............</div><div><br></div><div>Today, Saturday, Penticton hosted Scottish day so we thought we might like to hear the pipes and drums and what better way to get there than cycle along the bank of the channel for the 4 miles downtown.</div><div>On our way back in the searing heat I thought maybe we ought to get some of these floatie things and join the cooler people drifting south on forthcoming weekends, I pondered on which design of floatie and settled on the small dinghy type as I have a fear of the water and saw a certain element of safety about the dinghy shape. </div><div>As we joined and cycled in the hard shoulder of Highway 97 south, a two lane "fast enough for me" for about 1/2 mile I was suddenly aware of a big object in the air, bearing in mind we were passing the end of the runway, for a second I thought helicopter. Then I saw an inflatable dinghy type floatie crash onto the highway. Two thoughts at once......</div><div><br></div><div>1. If a car travelling along the highway at 60mph swerves to avoid the floatie, we will die!</div><div>2. Bugger me, Ive got a floatie! </div><div><br></div><div>The floatie had detached from a vehicle travelling at 60mph, become airborne and landed for my consideration. Having placed my bike against the airport fence, checked for any fast approaching traffic....clear, dashed into the highway and claimed my prize under maritime law. </div><div>Lyn said later she had never seen anything so funny as me hanging on to the dinghy and trying to cycle off as fast as possible before the rightful owner could stop and returned to rescue his craft.</div><div><br></div><div>But scarily, doesn't it make you wonder? Not 20 minutes before I was imagining myself the captain of my very own floatie and it fell from the sky, just like that!</div><div><br></div><div>Funny old world innit?<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhwuIOABWW3JLythmH9nq7FmlAQ5gIUBVE1JUl144cfXjPW0GRTBRuPhEBuVMEeA040ZSKAf9LpnZ8fGZ2C3yE4FSzk8pej20GMdnQTc9nfB3gVt7K8h786SXvJsf4mbLKYscXK7KeeQ/s640/blogger-image-1884948685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhwuIOABWW3JLythmH9nq7FmlAQ5gIUBVE1JUl144cfXjPW0GRTBRuPhEBuVMEeA040ZSKAf9LpnZ8fGZ2C3yE4FSzk8pej20GMdnQTc9nfB3gVt7K8h786SXvJsf4mbLKYscXK7KeeQ/s640/blogger-image-1884948685.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVJPY_mN_l_Lj99NANjgaxoHJ7OF5dvZfp1zIbY3TPvJ4d0kKGh-q_6guazTSbTmugNukgoBO1CFJqAzQHkn8ijRX1DWEAU7zCrPMnBGGCG42U02e0IfcHjMpK289ki-Z0N-zfIO2TPI/s640/blogger-image--306990527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVJPY_mN_l_Lj99NANjgaxoHJ7OF5dvZfp1zIbY3TPvJ4d0kKGh-q_6guazTSbTmugNukgoBO1CFJqAzQHkn8ijRX1DWEAU7zCrPMnBGGCG42U02e0IfcHjMpK289ki-Z0N-zfIO2TPI/s640/blogger-image--306990527.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOgr9IPxuEiPpVHLgeaJRJg4-Gi7cg8X8mNOVtN1q1K7jLtaQQNUVyn8-1CR0m9mx0oAsUNAr0qbqRqY2gKwMLWwfMuzdSEb3J8O_V2FS791MaHT7_ez5pwcsfle1Dh_j5U_EDB1Vslw/s640/blogger-image--770025353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOgr9IPxuEiPpVHLgeaJRJg4-Gi7cg8X8mNOVtN1q1K7jLtaQQNUVyn8-1CR0m9mx0oAsUNAr0qbqRqY2gKwMLWwfMuzdSEb3J8O_V2FS791MaHT7_ez5pwcsfle1Dh_j5U_EDB1Vslw/s640/blogger-image--770025353.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c4wQrbo9sGODNVQgWVz1Wrg10JPP-_lh262hHtTAXI1dHglqHZcLNtpvd9ZT8KJ2zedxuOrCvkzF8dpPWaPitf3vV6tQxjqz-WL5Kv2szziQ0ksdwb1CYhjDqPizmHyeFQNwOJOkSHE/s640/blogger-image--1061334045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-c4wQrbo9sGODNVQgWVz1Wrg10JPP-_lh262hHtTAXI1dHglqHZcLNtpvd9ZT8KJ2zedxuOrCvkzF8dpPWaPitf3vV6tQxjqz-WL5Kv2szziQ0ksdwb1CYhjDqPizmHyeFQNwOJOkSHE/s640/blogger-image--1061334045.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CaukzR1D2YT7xUKd72j8cnys7kn70lzMwUcxlJWNJtKidg6Q0bY6bXakSA3K1uSYRlwxJxz31Nn8iTu1YyQ0CleX8ILEiZLZ0WiPhWX53fJWFx7D_FLeHzoAE9R22YQXp9bY-nvPHI0/s640/blogger-image-1239706695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CaukzR1D2YT7xUKd72j8cnys7kn70lzMwUcxlJWNJtKidg6Q0bY6bXakSA3K1uSYRlwxJxz31Nn8iTu1YyQ0CleX8ILEiZLZ0WiPhWX53fJWFx7D_FLeHzoAE9R22YQXp9bY-nvPHI0/s640/blogger-image-1239706695.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKujFxqFFKcjuuxFU3aCTf4u8SVX2OD3m8r56YjfKCZckJ-DmCHz6jop43d6l-aAmgfQGk8lg4tk5uZ2gIc82UMEH0q59EOgr4MzRHS4Ue59z4RH2gYJRddp0IpvfMiZiyrN_PSxZ2jo/s640/blogger-image-2065449695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKujFxqFFKcjuuxFU3aCTf4u8SVX2OD3m8r56YjfKCZckJ-DmCHz6jop43d6l-aAmgfQGk8lg4tk5uZ2gIc82UMEH0q59EOgr4MzRHS4Ue59z4RH2gYJRddp0IpvfMiZiyrN_PSxZ2jo/s640/blogger-image-2065449695.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Q3PJeIKmljCFGuHZC5RK57MMS1Od9v1M3hu09PP0HcG384-5Dgbh5oISnKbDAJCfrJeEbbE-l__a4sDPfhbSlmC7FpVGgCroMv5QZBuzkPK5EvnTlNlCJUQYpSnkBGsqI47nLXyZyi8/s640/blogger-image-1284816042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Q3PJeIKmljCFGuHZC5RK57MMS1Od9v1M3hu09PP0HcG384-5Dgbh5oISnKbDAJCfrJeEbbE-l__a4sDPfhbSlmC7FpVGgCroMv5QZBuzkPK5EvnTlNlCJUQYpSnkBGsqI47nLXyZyi8/s640/blogger-image-1284816042.jpg"></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-78733805730215420512016-06-28T21:41:00.001-07:002016-06-28T21:41:12.155-07:00What a con!<div>I feel gutted. According to page 42 of the June edition of Hippy Monthly, and I quote. "If you suspend an avocado pip semi submerged into clean fresh water from some spring in the Welsh mountains, bless it daily and chant some odd noise whilst nodding in a knowing sort of acknowledgement of some other hippy in a dim smoke filled room adorned with dirty paisley patterned cloth, then the chances are after 2-3 weeks you will be blessed and rewarded with your very own baby avocado plant shoot thing".</div><div>BOLLOCKS! I waited over 4 weeks without all the hippy props and absolutely nothing happened! Not a shoot or a root, nothing!</div><div>Cant even cancel my subscription as Hippy Monthly's office and bank are in the Himalayas somewhere....what a con! <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsuoMBwWBzpLPn5gfTGWmc0i2Qp4qwNqbNPeIbddORh075Wf4c-yIfPkP6ziWfjMOc2YaHbjsaqtH8aXuYMJJKgQpc2PvGUTdUmXOHTlVs6E73Em-HtL6m4rcXdyrtg0AHkoGpzOQYsU/s640/blogger-image-151385266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsuoMBwWBzpLPn5gfTGWmc0i2Qp4qwNqbNPeIbddORh075Wf4c-yIfPkP6ziWfjMOc2YaHbjsaqtH8aXuYMJJKgQpc2PvGUTdUmXOHTlVs6E73Em-HtL6m4rcXdyrtg0AHkoGpzOQYsU/s640/blogger-image-151385266.jpg"></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10314398171743501866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079159974708080337.post-78946656926289263442016-06-28T09:50:00.001-07:002016-07-11T00:15:05.093-07:00Custom cars and Elvis.<div>This weekend saw the Penticton 15th annual Elvis lookalike convention and the custom car show on the lake front.</div><div>I never really liked Elvis so not much to say on that one other than the Elvis we met took off his wig and sunglasses, I thought he might have been a contender in the little known Elvis's grandad contest</div><div>On the other hand the cars were really quite impressive. It was estimated that over 700 cars took part. </div><div>My favourite was a low red sedan that looked as though it came out of that Roger Rabbit movie, make unknown but photo included. </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> What also took my eye was the collection of new Chevrolet Cruisers. Two seats, V8 auto pick up type thing, gorgeous, photo included. It was a very hot day which soon took its toll, felt ragged after a couple of hours, home for some cold beer was the remedy!</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2gTnUZDuV3ud1H2QLHhofR2-53RdDn0eUM70Af_P29VWs4XHflmSfWl7m94HGMnMy8LYV5fj_TUqAMfmvd_DN3VIHrvxohMb9197myVcPrUMkc7T0ihR6XmT3KGpIBF_Z25ZA2ReUJo/s640/blogger-image-633314311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2gTnUZDuV3ud1H2QLHhofR2-53RdDn0eUM70Af_P29VWs4XHflmSfWl7m94HGMnMy8LYV5fj_TUqAMfmvd_DN3VIHrvxohMb9197myVcPrUMkc7T0ihR6XmT3KGpIBF_Z25ZA2ReUJo/s640/blogger-image-633314311.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWeVEQRLlcznI64SMIkzHJ3vgZkHBf2bHdwATgDgVBTzOJdtYwKeM308VPIKVG0BlKmiAgL-AUzHI5spqU1jaKMiNl0_mbk33hVnp5C2G9LV-M8NuJNRzbEZHM59FTPaKYEMa3m7NAR0/s640/blogger-image-674571234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Last Saturday whilst ambling about we stumbled upon a vintage car show downtown Penticton. The main street was closed all afternoon and evening allowing folk to amble about at will.</div><div>The theme was the 50s with many cars from then, also you were invited to beat Elvis at billiards or you might be tempted to dance in the evening sun to one of the bands playing their hearts away.</div><div>One car in particular caught my eye, it was a 1956 Ford Consul estate from jolly old England in remarkable condition. It turned a fair few heads.</div><div>There was a large range of food from all manner of restaurants available but noticeably no alcohol at all which gave the day a real family atmosphere. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxhvyNwlXhL9C0HGoWRJ_q3gdNRScKY7ZzAy329tM5CGEd-LdEdZKk7zFUNu08iuulHsF24_VnQsREMuvyykdZ0Juhl85zifWqAo-vsgT-kIWC5PuoHPetjhtm4iqHM6s8LNRgQpKdwQ/s640/blogger-image--326113763.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxhvyNwlXhL9C0HGoWRJ_q3gdNRScKY7ZzAy329tM5CGEd-LdEdZKk7zFUNu08iuulHsF24_VnQsREMuvyykdZ0Juhl85zifWqAo-vsgT-kIWC5PuoHPetjhtm4iqHM6s8LNRgQpKdwQ/s640/blogger-image--326113763.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjot-SCu7zrqKup8IHBbjmJUg8XISpkyyPmI6Ek4XnnNqG4km_zgZdDzZorq0pUKKHtkDsBPXC4EaUcqDtFX9guV9vZ1U3lDk748QkrmCSvGp2vwcPuRlJnTnc5rz3Wlpz6aJUQwwEZEc/s640/blogger-image--2130698942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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