Month: March 2005

We are in Vancouver airport and on our way to Mexico. Viva el Presidente ! All of David and Marys family are here for their daughter, Sara’s, wedding trip. She is carrying her wedding dress with her, which Sam thought was a bed.

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See more of the pics than appear here in the website. http://www.flickr.com/photos/93707000@N00/show/

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Deep Cove

This is where would live if we stayed in Vancouver. Prices have risen y 50% since were here 2 years ago.

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Beluga Whale

This is the first time I ever saw a whale and they came to within 6 inches of us, just separated by the glass. Tremendous !

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Fraser Valley

This was the easier route South. We seemed to be going down hill for 2 hours solid along twisty turny precarious roads.

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Road to Pemberton

For the first time on this trip we had to turn around cos the road conditions were too dodgy. We were going to take the high road to Pemberton but decided to go South instead.

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We stayed a couple of nights in Harrison Hot Springs, next to a lake. It rained for 2 whole days and we all fell out with each other. I had an idea for a business, based on the Sasquatch sightings they have had around there – the Big Foot Lodge. More details to follow. We…

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Cache Creek

This Lodge might be for sale in the crossroads town of Cache creek.

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We stayed 2 days in Kelowna which was nice enough. It is big and busy and if i get an IT job there it wouldnt be so bad. The motorhome developed a power steering leak and we wasted a day looking for someone to fix it. Everyone had too much work to be bothered so…

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We drove for miles through vineyards and fruit orchards to Penticton and had lunch at Lord Chumleys fish & chips. On the wall they have tea towels from the UK to attempt to add some authentic Britishness to the operation, ho-hum.Anyway at the check out there was a Cotswolds towel, which had a picture of…

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We have moved on from Nelson and have travelled to the Okanagan valley. We went through Grand Forks which was a bit dull, and stayed overnight in Osoyoos which is in Canadas only desert. Stayed in a great campground owned by First Nation people (modern name for Indians) and it was superb. Had an indoor…

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Vernon Street, Nelson

They are asking £155K approx for this ex-government building which inside is divided into lots of small offices. For each set of 5 offices there is a pencil sharpener screwed to the wall in the corridor, honest.

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B&B for sale, Nelson

This B&B is for sale for $590K or £260K, which everyone we ask seems to think is way overpriced.

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Kootenay lake at Kaslo

We camped overnight on the beach and this was the view with blue skies and clear water we woke up to. I had a wash in the lake and it was so cold it made my hands hurt.

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We have been busy – been and applied for a national insurance number, so if I found a job I could apply for it. I have a bank account and have had 2 meetings at the bank discussing investments, and what to do should I need to borrow money to buy a business. We have…

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As we are driving along Wendy closes her eyes when we are on the mountain roads. There are red diamond signs on short poles by the side of the road which indicate where the road surface has broken up or buckled. I only seem to see them with about 1 second to spare, just in…

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to see all the pics taken so far visit this slideshow http://www.flickr.com/photos/93707000@N00/show/

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Rogers Pass

The top of the pass at the gas station. They told me they go days without seeing a customer sometimes.

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Fort Steele

This is a wild west town from the frontier. It was an outpost of the Mounties 100 years ago. 4 mounties were shot dead this week in a shoot out with a cannabis grower near Edmonton, and the flags of all Mountie and government buildings are at half mast.

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When discussing dinosaurs and reptiles Sam mentioned that the reason Moose have antlers is so that they can break out of their eggs.

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Fernie is a wild west kinda town, but actually is an old coal mining town. The coal industry has just had a revival and the long term coal contracts just signed are for record high prices. Met a guy with an RV repair business for sale which he was running single handed – all of…

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We just spent 3 nights in Fernie with Ray and Amy. We sorted out the heating in the RV after the first night, which was uncomfortably cold at times, and now we are toasty. I went snowboarding yesterday with Ray, who is a fantastic teacher, and today I am banged and bruised but very happy.…

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