in the rain, we met a lot of great people that kept us sane”…..
Redsky, Randy and Henry from Hamilton
Terry (in Green), your 'poems' are legendary - good job Caroline had earplugs!
We left Lumby heading for Whistler after packing up a very wet tent! Stopped off enroute to do a bit of fossiling. Nearly every rock we cracked had a fossil in but we were really in the hunt for a fish – in the end we had to be content with finding parts of a fish and lots of sequoia, fern, fern seeds and bugs. The lady who ran the site, Dot, lived there on her own in her mobile home with just 2 cats and 2 dogs. She introduced her ‘family’ to us - they all had a life story to tell. We were amazed to find out that the valley is mainly used to grow ginseng and is producing a higher quality plant that China. The person who first thought that it would be a good place to grow it is now understandably a millionaire. The local farmers thought they were crazy but now they eat their words – rock on!
We also saw the flowering of the (? can't remember the name) cactus which only flowers for one week a year.
Our route to Whistler followed the Fraser River travelling through Indian reserves the scenery was spectacular!
We went fossiling here!
If you look at this picture long enough you might be able to pick out a Duck's head
Our fossiling adventure delayed our arrival at Whistler to 9pm by which time it was freezing cold. We camped at a ‘bear aware’ campsite which meant all food and scented products had to be locked in the car. It was very cold so the thermals eventually came out of the case and the campfire kept us warm.
Burning legs
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