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I have lived for more than 30 years as a Wilderness Dweller. Most of that time was in cabins I built myself far from the nearest road, high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada. My "retirement" home is accessible by a bush road but still far from neighbours. I live off the grid, and operate this blog by solar-powered satellite internet.
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Cattle Drive Party Part Three

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Time for the party itself!

Neighbours

Most of the people who come to the cattle drive party live in remote locations.  Many of them are ranchers.  Often this gathering is the only time I see these people who are my neighbours even if they are scattered over a very wide area of the Chilctoin.

A hockey match (watched on a solar-powered TV) took precidence over the first part of the evening so the sun was already going down when Lee started to barbecue the steaks.

Lee Taylor barbecueing steaks

There is always home-made music at the Precipice Cattle Drive Party. Lee used to play base in a rock band, and a visiting friend, Mikey, is also a professional musician.

Lee and Mikey are the band at the party

(Lee is wearing his base-playing face.)

Everyone else sang or used noise-makers as an accompaniement

Mikey and Patti

(Patti hates this picture so I didn’t make it full sized!)

There are always kids and dogs everywhere.  (This is Ricky.)

kids and dogs everywhere

Here is Fred

Fred who lives in the Precipice Valley

And here are Hoss and Joyce Dorsey, who ranch north of Anahim Lake and operate Rainbow Mountain Outfitting.  Their area got a great deal of publicity last year when Chris Harris Published The Motherlode.

Joyce and Hoss Dorsey

Because of the hockey game, the music went on well after dark.

music at the Precipice Cattle Drive Party

The Precipice Cattle Drive Party is definitely the social highlight of my year.