{"id":177,"date":"2012-07-26T02:52:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T02:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/?p=177"},"modified":"2012-07-26T02:52:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T02:52:17","slug":"a-blast-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/a-blast-from-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"A Blast from the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_181\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/virginlandshrk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181\" title=\"virginlandshrk\" src=\"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/virginlandshrk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/virginlandshrk.jpg 600w, http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/virginlandshrk-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walk through the property, envisioning what it could become.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I pulled out a few pictures from my <a href=\"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/sedona-dad\/\">Dad&#8217;s photoalbum<\/a>, to show how far Todd has come with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sedonaheights.com\">Sedona Heights<\/a>. A friend of my Dad\u2019s asked Todd if he was drunk when he first bought the hillside property in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sedonaheights.com\/\">Summerland<\/a>, BC. He was renting big equipment from him to terrace and prepare the land for a luxury home development that would be surrounded by lush green orchards and have breathtaking views of Okanagan Lake. Todd spent 20 years overcoming endless hurdles from City Hall to the regional district and others. And then there was the rock, a whole lot of blasting had to be done before the dream neighbourhood would begin to take shape. Now those giant boulders just fit perfectly into the natural semi desert landscape.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_178\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bigrockshrk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-178\" title=\"bigrockshrk\" src=\"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bigrockshrk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Large rock broken up after blasting.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_179\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bombsshrk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-179\" title=\"bombsshrk\" src=\"http:\/\/okanaganproperties.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bombsshrk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock blasting to prepare the land at Sedona Heights.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pulled out a few pictures from my Dad&#8217;s photoalbum, to show how far Todd has come with Sedona Heights. 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