Nelson, BC is fast becoming the new discovery of south eastern BC.
See here:
http://www.johnhudsonphoto.com/038.html
for where you can take a Sunday afternoon drive to in mid summer [which we
did in a diesel VW Jetta] or a whole day hike with a light lunch in the back
pack. One ascends from about 1,000' at the start of the forestry road.
jh
---- Original Message -----
From: <tim.randles@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:22 AM
Subject: [OM] OT: Kootenays SE BC Canada
>
> I was a contractor there for years, my children were born in Nelson BC, I
> can say lots about that place..My father is retired there, he and I worked
> together.
>
> prefer to answer questions about it,
>
> Yep, vietnam avoiders moved there, a lot of alternative thinking people
> there. a lot of herb is grown in the hills around that area.
> I've met all kinds there. it is stupidly busy there, everyone from the
> cities is doing another defect to the country, prices are astronomical
> now.. 10 years ago, a condo for 30, now same condo.. 190-230.. and I
> couldnt get a mortgage because I was self employed.. and am still self
> employed and still dont have a mortgage even when my wife works at the
> damn bank..... scum of the earth.. Ponzi scheme, liars, legal extortion...
>
>
> Cheers.. Timothy-Keith: Randles
>
> ******************************************
> I'm running away to join a different circus
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mike <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 1 <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 9:44:36 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Anarchy [was: Re: #232]
>
>
>>
>>
>>By the way, does anyone know an example of someone trying to live
>>outside the State, (I mean the modern centalised western institution),
>>and having surived? Or just any examples of someone trying to do that?
>>
> I believe that SE British Columbia was a center of such activity. Some
> survived for quite a while. Even today there are polygamists and such
> hiding out there.
>
> Mike
>
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