Tag: okanagan
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Bronco Billy and the Pony Express
The last pony express rider 1861 11 yrs old. He lived to 1955 The 11 year old rider is Charlie Miller…better known later as Bronco Billy. Lived till 105 years old. Rode the Carson City to Placerville route. This is my back in the saddle story, inspired by flying cars and this photo from 1861…
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Wally Day and the Angel Over Okanagan
My Dad died a week ago today, he went with love and some last words from my Mom. She said “Wally, if you lose your way on the other side, just say the name of Jesus and he’ll come and get you”. Well apparently he said those magic words, in the name of Yeshua he…
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Sweet home Okanagan
Sweet home Okanagan title fits so well, borrowed from the famous rock anthem by Lynard Skynard, that it could very well have been written for the place where I grew up; the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. My family legend is that my father’s grandfather left Salt Lake City in 1888 headed for Vancouver because…
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Super Natural British Columbia
My family’s home in Canada is some 200 miles east of Vancouver, about half-way between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, on the shore of a magnificent lake in a magical valley, both sharing the Native Indian name “Okanagan”. Every summer I return to the place of my youth, both literally and figuratively, as…