In Canada, after being caught with (self-prescribed) medicinal marijuana one-too-many-times, you must move to Coombs, British Columbia. Here hippies like you sell antiques (junk) to retirees.

Goats on the roof of the restaurant lure in the tourists. And ladies have trouble departing without buying at least one hand made collectable as a Christmas present for a distant niece.

more photos of the Coombs market

Actually Coombs is well worth the stop. It’s a piece of west coast culture.

» next travelogue post on this trip – a day with Reg Taylor