Blogs from Barkerville, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Bittersweet (adj. bit-er-sweet) pleasure mingled with pain or regret WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! today is finally here. We are officially on our "one year off". We left Spruce Grove today at 2:00 pm and are here in McBride B.C. Today is bittersweet in that this day is finally here, but another important day for us and many others is also here or it is imminent. Today marks an exciting day for both of us, but especially for Rene. After 14 years of managing Glory View Farms, 13 years of owning his own dairy farm and working on his uncle's dairy farm for several more years as a youth, he has now thrown away all his smelly, dirty barn clothes (for good he tells me....I guess we will wait and see). What ever the future holds for us, living and ... read more

Sat Sept 8: Before leaving Hyder, Alaska we mailed postcards and other mail, to take advantage of the US postal system. The mail arrives and goes out on a float plane on Monday and Thursday, weather permitting. The weather was cloudy with misty rain as we drove inland. Today’s travels took us to Old Hazelton, British Columbia. We camped at ‘Ksan Campground which is adjacent to the ‘Ksan Historical Village and Museum. The village is a replica of the Gitxsan Village that stood at the confluence of the two rivers for centuries. We walked through the closed village in the evening. Tomorrow the light will be better for photos. There was a path to a scenic area through some woods and brush. We headed down towards the river. It was a narrow and windy path, so ... read more

Man, I thought Portland had a lot of high-rise cranes, almost every direction I looked, there was a crane or two(next to each other). Vancouver is beautiful and picturesque but nowadays, downtown is not very easy on the eyes. It's hard to take a good picture without having a crane in the background. The day was pretty much, uneventful. We declared today, "Rest Day". With the exception of a long walk around downtown(through Chinatown, and around False Creek, Science Expo, BC Stadium, etc.), we pretty much just ate and relaxed for most of the day, resting our sore legs and storing fuel in our system :) Oh I forgot to mention, shopping! I did some shopping d-town but couldn't really follow through because of the extra weight that I would be hauling back. I already ... read more