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Date:         Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:41:15 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Hittin the road and tryin' out my home made awning!
Comments: To: Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com>
In-Reply-To:  <a06020401c2e672aec422@192.168.15.4>
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Thanks for Bear heads up, book, and recommend for forestry sites. I'm in Princeton, and hope to find a site for the night. Provincial or not.

Thanks!

Neil.

On 8/13/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote: > > Hey Neil, Dottie and I just finished a big loop from Vancouver and > managed to see quite a few of the forestry campsites in the > caribou/chilcotin regions (and a few on the Island too). > > The places we stayed were all nice, most of the time we were the only > ones there. Just bring your own toilet paper and bug spray, and > watch for bears. We had a black bear come within 10 feet of our van > one evening at dusk at a campsite between Quesnel and Wells. We made > some noise and he (or she?) ran away. > > -- > > We didn't get near Salmon Arm so we can't give you advice for that > area of BC, however, this book was helpful for us. > http://www.hikingcamping.com/camp_bc.php > > You can also get free info from government websites, assuming you can > find Internet. Most places we were didn't even have cellphone > service. > > -p > > > >Hi all. > > > >Am heading up to Salmon Arm area to try out some B.C. forestry service > >sites. Got me one of them Provincial Forestry maps. We'll see what > >sites are still open etc. Have only tried one forestry site before. >

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Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://web.mac.com/tubaneil


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