Monday, May 13th, 2013
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Monkey Valley is priced to sell at just $598,900. This unique house and property is 160 acres of paradise just 3½ hours from Vancouver, with a creek-front, unique, 3-bedroom, 2-bath home, with two extra showers and five outhouses for having huge parties ...
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Monkey Valley is for sale, for the incredibly low price of $598,900. As many of you know, I've lived at Monkey Valley full-time for many years, but now my heart is in Vancouver and I'm selling Monkey Valley. I've created this blog entry to show you the house. If you look ...
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Thursday, April 25th, 2013
I was at Monkey Valley with my family recently, getting everything up and running after the winter. We saw a friendly spring visitor down by the creek! What a rare and special treat this was, to watch safely from the kitchen window (where I was standing when I took this ...
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
I promised to keep you up-to-date on what's happening with the sale. I didn't expect much action over the winter, but I got two offers in January! Unbelievable. I didn't accept either offer, but I am very pleased with the interest. As I said above, this property is priced to ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Winter is definitely a time of beauty at Monkey Valley. The glistening snow blankets the earth tenderly, garnishing every branch and twig. It is a time for snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and hiking through the woods to admire the sparkling wilderness.
I went up to Monkey Valley in October with my friend ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2012
This picture shows Monkey Valley in January 2009, after the biggest snow of the winter. There's usually only one snow like this each year, and a few additional dustings of an inch or two as the winter goes on.
When I lived at Monkey Valley year-round, one or two winters I had ...
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
When I first saw the 160 acres I now call Monkey Valley, located halfway between Merritt and Princeton, I fell in love with its silence and beauty. It was early autumn, and the aspen were golden, but tiny wild strawberries still dotted the ground. As a writer, I immediately had ...
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Saturday, August 25th, 2012
The nearest neighbours to Monkey Valley are 30 KM (20 miles) away, in the hamlet of 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 south-east end of Missezula Lake. Given how remote—and hard ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2012
Where are the monkeys?
Monkey Valley is a place where you can reconnect with nature, both outer and inner. For many years I operated a retreat centre here, offering programs to support this process of reconnection, such as vision fast retreats and medicine wheel teachings.
Monkey Valley is located in the wilderness ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
I like digging holes. It is very satisfying to see the concrete results of my actions. And the hard physical labour of it feels good in my body. I remember thinking I could dig a hole to China when I was a kid. I was inspired by a comic book ...
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