Friday, September 30, 2005
Out in the Boonies
September 30 to October 3
After doing some errands and e-mails we headed to Colin’s brother’s (Rick) place. Rick and Bonnie’s house is actually in Boswell (there’s a community center and nothing much else) about 48 km north of Creston — further away from everything than we had thought. The location is beautiful, the house sits on the shore of Lake Kootenay and looks across the lake at mountains. The only drawback is the lack of computer access — I guess you can’t have everything. Ed, Zaph and I have walked the local roads, Zaph’s been swimming in the lake and we’ve driven the 30km to the ferry and checked out the local craft shops. The craft shops included a broom store, a forge, a glass blower and a weaver and they all did beautiful work. Colin and Ed did however find a true old time “general store” with a very large hardware/tool section and purchased a number of items priced at a tiny fraction of Home depot’s prices (most likely the prices from the 1970's).
Splash spent the afternoon with us and the good guys had a nap.
Near the boat ramp in Boswell.
View of the lake near Boswell.
One of the artisans -- a glass blower
After doing some errands and e-mails we headed to Colin’s brother’s (Rick) place. Rick and Bonnie’s house is actually in Boswell (there’s a community center and nothing much else) about 48 km north of Creston — further away from everything than we had thought. The location is beautiful, the house sits on the shore of Lake Kootenay and looks across the lake at mountains. The only drawback is the lack of computer access — I guess you can’t have everything. Ed, Zaph and I have walked the local roads, Zaph’s been swimming in the lake and we’ve driven the 30km to the ferry and checked out the local craft shops. The craft shops included a broom store, a forge, a glass blower and a weaver and they all did beautiful work. Colin and Ed did however find a true old time “general store” with a very large hardware/tool section and purchased a number of items priced at a tiny fraction of Home depot’s prices (most likely the prices from the 1970's).
Splash spent the afternoon with us and the good guys had a nap.
Near the boat ramp in Boswell.
View of the lake near Boswell.
One of the artisans -- a glass blower
If you wish you can sign our guest book
We have added a web page with a map of our current location and route to date