The Hitching post is a theme restaurant at Lower Nicola BC , a little unincorporated community about 7 km West of Merritt. Lower Nicola has a community hall, community water and Smith pioneer park. The cowboy themed Hitching Post was once a general store and Canada Post outlet; know as Bevan’s store.

Lower Nicola is a photographers paradise this time of the year with many interesting buildings fall colors of tress  that grow around the Nicola river and local creeks.

They are offering steak and lobster on October 27th for $37.00 a plate in a featured evening including live music.

Today in history: October 22 2008

India launches its first unmanned lunar space mission.

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Its good that it is friday….

Today the 2013 Noble peace prize will be awarded.

Albert Noble put aside a perpetual award from the money he got for developing dynamite. He had hoped that his invention would only be used for peaceful purposes, he was saddened to see it applied to warfare. However over all his invention saved the lives of many explosive handlers over time as it stabilized nitro..

The 2013 winner of the prize is The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons : http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2013/

Today in history: October 11th 2000

The Polaroid corporation files for bankruptcy.

Some locals spent so time in the alpine meadows of honeymoon Basin in Cabin lake area on Stoyoma mountain. The bunch then took the  trail down to the Fraser river and said that they had met wolf‘s on the way down.Chris Lepsol said  , a local naturalist said that was not aware that any wolf’s were in the area.  Wolf’s were hunted heavily  in previous decades and  bounty paid for their eradication. Farmers blamed livestock losses on them. While that is possible, more enlightened thought has given the predator credibility in keeping virus levels down . We think that a balance of nature is to be appreciated.

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Today in history: September 3 1971

Qatar becomes an independent state.

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Happy Labour Day

Local beautification is clear about town.

Parking lots done

Positions at country run