The Evolving Atheist: Mountain Escapes
The good Catholic boy turned 13 in Creston, British Columbia, Canada. Actually, he lived in a 'suburb' of Creston called Wyndel. On a map, the town of Creston is roughly a six hour drive southwest of Calgary. Follow the highway south to Fort McLeod, and then west through the Crowsnest Pass, Fernie and Cranbrook. Creston sits just north of the American border across from Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, USA. It is in the centre of a part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains known as the Kootenay Mountains. There are about 15,000 in the Creston Valley with about 4,500 in the town. The town is so small that one goes uptown instead of downtown. The town was a retirement town where the average age was 65. It made it a good place for 13 year olds to get into [Read more...]