Day trip to Kaslo

To check messages, get supplies and have lunch at the Treehouse cafe and take Pika and Maya to the lake to swim...






Tomorrow off to check out New Denver farmers market...



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Project outhouse

Took a couple of days of hard work but the outhouse is built, a metal shed with wooden reinforcements...



Wednesday we went for a bike ride up the valley... Great views... rode our bikes to the end of the road by Carpenter creek then the road was washed out with fallen trees... Will have to come back later with the chainsaw and make a trail to the crest of the valley... such a beautiful place...








Now fireside with campfire nachos and great views and off to the town of Kaslo tomorrow (Thursday) to re-stalk on the necessities and check messages and upload this blog I drafted up... Cheers...


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First couple of days...

The first night we stayed at the cabins at Halcyon Hotsprings. We each had a pint of honey organic beer and shared an appetizer then went to the hotsprings... Was so relaxing after a long day of driving...

The next morning we took the pups for a swim at the lake, had some breakfast at the king fisher restaurant and hit the road again to our property at Carpenter Creek...

Carpenter Creek... What a beautiful and unique place, wildflowers, cedar trees, humming birds... A little more sloped than anticipated which makes it challenging but we are up for it... Let the daydream and brainstorming begin while we start the first project of building an outhouse...






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Waiting in Golden

A bad accident along the road between golden and revy has left the highway closed for a couple of hours... So we wait...

Garth naps...



Pika and Maya get ice cream...






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Off the Grid

Packing up both of our VW's and hitting the road… destination… Carpenter Creek… that's where we have 16 acres of raw land.

This adventure will be new for us… haven't really explored our property as we just acquired the land late last fall and our normal holidays include road trips… travelling place to place… this time we will be camping out at our property for three weeks. We've got a couple of projects planned… build an outhouse, solar shower stall and foot bridge over the creek.

The Slocan Valley offers tons of adventures from hiking and biking to finding farmers markets to exploring undeveloped and commercial hot springs (I believe that there are 5 hot springs in the valley to find)… oh and Pika and Maya will have tons of opportunities for swimming as the Slocan and Kootenay Lakes are close by too… let the adventure begin…

It will be hit or miss for cell phone service but will try to update along the way…


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Wolfie meet Ziggy... a Vanagon Camp-out

On Friday night camp we met up with Ziggy's owners and convoyed out to the Etherington Creek Campground then on Saturday we hiked to Plateau Mountain... good times...


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On the road

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Marble Canyon in Kootenay National Park

the adventure continues... off to camp at Marble Canyon and do some day hikes in Kootenay National Park with friends. Pika and Maya will have an opportunity to cool off at the Stanley Glacier... good times ahead...


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