Blogs from Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 2

(Jack is singing) Happy Birthday to me. Today I turned 63. I'm cruising through Canada And I saw a lot of tree(s). (tune by Patty and Mildred J. Hill) And many of the trees that I saw today were dead or dying due to the Mountain Pine Beetle. The infestation is MASSIVE and can be seen almost everywhere in this part of British Columbia. In years past the beetles would largely die out in the winter, but due to changing weather patterns (i.e. global warming), the beetles are surviving the winters and multiplying each year. All they need is one good, cold winter to slow them down. For now, all they can do is cut the dead trees as soon as possible (to salvage the lumber) and then replant new seedlings. It's hard to see in ... read more

Snowshoeing on Evelyn Moutain A good friend and myself took our annual spring trip to Hidden Valley. It was a beautiful day looking at the blue sky with a light wind blowing. We snowmobiled the first 8 miles to the head of the trail where we were dropped off. We continued up steep pitch hills/mountains they seemed with a cover of approx 8 inches of fresh snow. It was a tough climb until the legs aclimatized. Once we had been hiking for about 1 1/2 hr the level of the ground got a little better. After a rest we continued the next three hours treking up the mountain. We got to the top of the little valley where our cabin lay nestled amoung huge snow cornices. We could only see the top of the outhouse ... read more

Sooo...it's been x days since we've left Vancouver and embarked on this nature filled "ADVENTURE"... the air is soo crisp and the wild is so wild -.^ ,annnnddd... ann's getting on my case so im going to cut the crap Ann's been gettin attacked by the clan of mosquitos that are infested in Bronson. Lawrence is gettin accustomed to wearing the same 'work shirt' for X days....(dunt ask how many days X is ...) and I am starting to get symptoms of caffeine addiction ...probably from the influence of _amDelong... * no names will be mentioned...* Cam seems to be happy that he can still enjoy the day with downing on average 7 cups of coffee /day More unforeseen and obscure updates will be posted on this blog ... ... .. . SAVE US!!! naw w'ere ... read more

I have never really defined myself as "American", just a person, nothing more or less. i guess I would say Scottish if asked (and when not asked!!) I didn't really think I had any stand out defining "American" traits or qualities. I WAS WRONG. I realize I am getting a little ahead of myself here, but as I'm sitting in a parking lot of Whistler writing this, I'm feeling more than home sick and out of sorts. It all started with the price of gas, then not being able to figure out how fast I was going on the highway, or how far away things were! Never mind the whole exchanging money thing! Once I first realized how much of my own little American world I lived in I had to keep reminding myself to close ... read more