Monday, May 11th, 2009
The absolute best thing about Monkey Valley is running with the bears. (The worst thing is the cell reception, but I won't go into that now.) It has not happened often that I've had the chance to run with bears here—only a few times in nine years—but it happened today.
I ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
A while back I told you the story of the New Year's Eve visitor who resembled a wolf, and scared my friend Dorrie as she was sitting on the porch one evening. I recently went through some boxes and found a picture of the dog, and a thank-you card from ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Cowboys, dogs, and dirtbikers: visitors to Monkey Valley
You might be noticing that all of these invaders of my privacy are men. Men who break the law and ignore the postings I have put up every 20 to 50 meters around the perimeter of the property. But one time there was ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
The nearest neighbours to Monkey Valley are 30 KM (20 miles) away, in the hamlet Aspen Grove. This community was once a stop on the Merritt-Princeton stagecoach line! There are also some neighbours in another community, a similar distance by road, at the east end of Missezula Lake. Given how remote and hard ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Monkey Valley Retreat Centre
The Monkey Valley Retreat Centre is a place where you can reconnect with nature, both outer and inner. The retreat centre offers programs to support this process of reconnection, such as vision fast retreats and medicine wheel teachings. It is also available for rental to individuals, families, ...
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