Back Where I Come From

Today I'm in the valley where I grew up right now in the Village of Nakusp. It is a beautiful little town with a large lake and rugged mountains that rise from the lake. It is in the West Kootenays; About 3 hours east of Kelowna, 2 hours south of Revelstoke and 2 hours west of Nelson. Basically, in the middle of nowhere. :-) It was a great place to grow up, but didn't offer a lot of opportunities for life beyond logging.

Thus, I left here when I was 17, but came back about once a year. I haven't been here for a few years though and have forgotten some of the things that have helped make me the way I am. Some are to be treasured, such as my grandma whose memorial I will do in a few hours. I'll blog more about that later.

Other things are a bit odd...First, here's a couple of pics from here that made me laugh. The 'hippy' one is at the front door of one of my relatives (she's 78) and the other was outside our motel room - read the signs carefully. I'll leave them to speak for themselves. After the pics, I'll leave a story one of my cousins told me at breakfast.

The story is that one of my 40 year old plus male cousins (5'8" 220 lbs) went to Mexico for a friends wedding. Being from Nakusp, he thought he'd have a little fun there. At the Calgary airport, he and a friend bought Speedos. Arriving in Mexico, that wasn't going to be enough fun, so after squeezing into the speedos they bought a wig and put it down their shorts. They then began to partrol the beach to 'pick up chicks'. They were not serious in any way, but just 'having fun.' I guess it was all fun until after they had asked a woman if she wanted to have a drink with them. She was totally offended for some reason and called the police. The next thing my cousin knew he was being escorted off the beach by Mexican Federale police and slammed onto the hood of the car and being cuffed - all while in a speedo.

All this might give you a little more insight into some of my quirks...I blame it because of back where I come from... I'll try and blog some of the 'rest of the story' after grandma's memorial today. For those that are the praying kind, I'd appreciate your prayer. We were going to try to head out today, but it is supposed to snow 8 inches never mind the mountain pass to the Okanagan. We shall see...