Across the river is how you get to Penny
Last week, we continued our never ending quest for a place to call our own. We drove to Prince George, Quesnel and back. Along the way we stopped to look at a piece of property we thought would be promising: Just under 2 acres of land, house, greenhouse, driving shed, and lots of wilderness. This house is off the grid so seemed very interesting, and at only 89K a good value... or so we thought. This place is found in Penny BC, the only place in North America that receives mail three times a week by train. The population is 8, we met half of them and the easiest way to get there from highway 16 was to ski across the Fraser River... other wise drive to P.G. and turn back onto a little gravel road... all in all 2 extra hours of driving. No being off the grid is a great idea and something I've wanted to experience. However, Penny is at the end of this road... it will NEVER be on the grid... that's right, NEVER. Needless to say the house was a shack, chipboard floors, no running water and immediately beside the rail tracks. I would have considered it at half the price... maybe.
Last week, we continued our never ending quest for a place to call our own. We drove to Prince George, Quesnel and back. Along the way we stopped to look at a piece of property we thought would be promising: Just under 2 acres of land, house, greenhouse, driving shed, and lots of wilderness. This house is off the grid so seemed very interesting, and at only 89K a good value... or so we thought. This place is found in Penny BC, the only place in North America that receives mail three times a week by train. The population is 8, we met half of them and the easiest way to get there from highway 16 was to ski across the Fraser River... other wise drive to P.G. and turn back onto a little gravel road... all in all 2 extra hours of driving. No being off the grid is a great idea and something I've wanted to experience. However, Penny is at the end of this road... it will NEVER be on the grid... that's right, NEVER. Needless to say the house was a shack, chipboard floors, no running water and immediately beside the rail tracks. I would have considered it at half the price... maybe.
Wayne relaxing during the descent
This past weekend we had scheduled three days off to go to our favourite hot spring south of Revelstoke. The day before it rained and then snowed 30 cm, the highways were closed. Instead we enjoyed the fresh powder up at Marmot Basin and the next day made our way to Edith Cavel hostel by cross country skis. We spent the night there and returned the next day. A great substitute with a lot less driving. All in all we cross country skied 25 km and gained a maximum of 400m.
This past weekend we had scheduled three days off to go to our favourite hot spring south of Revelstoke. The day before it rained and then snowed 30 cm, the highways were closed. Instead we enjoyed the fresh powder up at Marmot Basin and the next day made our way to Edith Cavel hostel by cross country skis. We spent the night there and returned the next day. A great substitute with a lot less driving. All in all we cross country skied 25 km and gained a maximum of 400m.
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