One of the big scores for the homeschooling camping trip we took with all the Oregon folks in Sept.. was we made some friends!! One of the families there who used to live in Hood River Oregon now lives in Nelson BC. 4 hours North of Spokane, Nelson is a bit remote, but it was right on our path to our next stop Ainsworth Hot Springs.. check it out.. http://www.bchotsprings.com
We called our friends .. we're here.. ready to play?? sure they said, come on over.. Lorraine and Brian have a house up the hill from town, they are very much in process of remodeling, the house, 2 barns, and the garden?? Brian is very busy! Reese was so excited to see Logan 14 and MacKenzie 11 and Luc was really happy to play with Logan's 10,000 legos. Logan, Reese and I had a game frenzy.. playing Masterpiece 2x ( i loved that game as a kid) and then we got the whole group to play Bananagrams into the night.. I love that game!! Their house has a view of the Kootenay Glacier and is in the midst of a forest of golden trees, just beautiful.
Lorraine is a nutritionist and member of www.westonaprice.org , a non profit group that promotes natural healthy eating.. boy looking into her refrigerator was an experience, everything natural, no packaged items, very inspiring. She had great stories about health issues her family (and many many others) faced and how they all went away when they changed their diets. I am not there yet, especially living on the road, but i was inspired enough to make some changes and we've been eating more fruits and vegetables in the last week.
We had fun exploring Nelson, a radical liberal town with lots of hippie types and political vibe. Steve overheard several conversations in the coffee shop about how they don't want to buy anything from the US, they don't want to show support in any way for the politics coming from the US. I was told that Nelson was the town that all the draft dodgers came to avoid the draft. They had a Buddist center there and a load of alternative food, spiritual, etc..
Apparently homeschooling is the majority in Nelson, the community is huge and very active.
We so enjoyed visiting friends, recharged our batteries and reminded us that you can feel at home whereever..
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