From Prince George to Banff

Toasting new Friendships in Prince George and saying goodbye as we load the truck

 

 

A great hike through old growth hemlock east of Prince George

 

Mount Robson was crystal clear - we had to make a 'u-turn to get this shot

 

Jasper Village - where we had a great coffee

Ice Fields from the top of the truck

 

Road work in an awesome setting. We missed one green light while taking pictures!

  

Wildlife along the road

 

Dinner on the tail gate - salmon courtesy of our Hope home

 Lake Louise after spending the night at a wonderful Hostel

 Figuring out what the sign means in Banff

Tree hugging the rocks above Bow Falls

Prince George

OK. I know it. So many people have told me that Nelson is not on the way to Prince George. But who would give up scenery like this?

In the town of Prince George Cathy and I stayed with a Park Naturalist friend who showed us around in the morning. "Better get down to the river now" a friend of hers had warned us, "It's starting to flood.  We hopped into Gail's car and were immediately in love with the cotttonwood giants by the river. We didn't walk far before we encountered the flood waters and soon had to take off our shoes to cross the little rivulets that were beginning to flow across the trails. It stopped us from finding all the faces in the trees, but not from enjoying a wonderful morning.

The afternoon took us to Positive Living North and Shannon had the honour of adding Prince George to our truck board. We both had the honour of hearing a few stories from the people who live here, trying to overcome some of the challenges of isolated communities around health care.  We shared food and the film - Positive Women Exposing Injustice. One story that touched our hearts here was that of one man's struggles around finding a way to mental health. The journey is not always as beautiful as the pictures show. As we left our friends in Prince George, we were given several gifts for the road - a travel mug bearing the Eagle design, a warm blanket and pens!  How did they know that I am always searching for a pen? We are so blessed.

We had no event arranged in Edmonton so have decided to head through the Rockies to Calgary.  Cathy and I should have a few images to upload in a couple of days. And I promise to take some of her too!

Just photos Nelson to Revelstoke

Nelson

Driving from Kelowna to Neslon was one of the most beautiful trips we could have imagined - until today when we drove from Nelson to Revelstoke. As I write this I am thinking about the hot-tub which sits outside our room. It’s the first night that we have not been hosted in a town and we have found the most delightful Bed and Breakfast, that no longer serves breakfast, but the owners knew a great little Indian Restaurant for dinner take-out, and a place we could get a bottle of Prosecco, so we spent the money Mary had given us for a good dinner! All that is to say that you must excuse an spelling arrors or other blogging goofs! 

Our experience in Nelson at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute was profound. Ankors treated us to accommodation at a sweet little hostel down the road and I invited one of the Hostel guests to join us. Cathy parked the truck outside the Institute, so we could open the dragonfly wings and show people the sculpture. Inside we set up the poster, the binder of photos, and the stem of the actual sculpture.

 

The afternoon began with sharing the story of the sculpture and then there were three workstations for people to participate in the project. Around us people painted prayer flags (which will be sent to us when they are dry), adorned pill bottles and placed messages inside these, and created a mural for the Cross Canada Cocktail Party. I’ll share more pictures and messages later. It’s time to jump in the hot tub.