Our continuing adventures in the land oop north! On one of the early days during our stay, maybe the second or third, we drove with Dianne, Nick and Noah to a collection of artisan shops in Crawford Bay. We rode the ferry across Kootenay Lake, then drove through beautifully winding forest roads to the shops. The first one we went to, the reason we had come in the first place, was North Woven Broom Co. Dianne needed the bristles on her broom replaced, so while she negotiated, Jess, Noah, Nick and I wandered around and looked at things. There were stacks of broomcorn bushels, half-finished broom shafts, and strange elderly machines here and there, with the finished products hanging overhead, leaning against walls, or arranged in displays. There were big brooms, and little brooms, and littler
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