1 vii 06: Canada Day: The Thrall of Love
Raw entries from my journal:
1 VII 06 Canada Day July 1 2006
7:00 a.m. talked with Suzy -- SNAFU at home -- had to end call because Willow had fallen out of her rope swing.
9:13 driving out of Vancouver
Driver Ianna (sht for Marianna) suggest Commercial Avenue as a cool neighbourhood in Vancouver (East Van)
Ont[o] 1st Ave towards Can. 1
To Brunette Ave rt in New Westminster
to Braid Str left off Brunette
rt on Canfor rt on Edworthy Way
Moose Headquarters 104 Edworthy Way
104 - 360 Edworthy Way New Westminster
BC V3L 5T8
Laura [virtually illegible scrawl:] phone operator spoke c @ Ferry [written more neatly in margin:] phone oper. I spoke with @ the ferry. (on the phone)
10:19 am back towards 1
[very shaky -- written while bus travelling along highway:]
Transcanada (1) 7000 km from Coast to Coast -- we will travel only about 1000
Driving toward Mt Baker
Abbotsford -- Raspberry cap.
11:30 am leaving
Tim Hortons -- tea & cruller (still batter-y) $1.99
Laundry last night 4.00
1.25 for wash
1.25 for dry
1.50 for powder
10:30 driving through Chilliwack in the FRASER RIVER VALLEY, not the lower mainland any more ag region strong manure smell
11:51 bridal veil falls
Sarbjit -- she who conquers all
12:15 leaving for HOPE
JACK JOHNSON --composer performer Great Percussion!
[sketch of mountains at Hope on 2/3 of page]
12:37 entering HOPE warm but extraordinarily windy
[boxed, no check] Biological Philosophy all life is a political act for humans -- How a life is led is the political STRATEGY
1:54 leaving Hope -- the chainsaw sculpture capital of CA
1870 YALE CONVENTION BC would join Canada only if a rr was built to link to the rest of Canada CBR railroad
2:12 pm YALE
RY COODER
LAZY BUT ALSO HEDONISTIC --
WILL DO MUCH FOR PLEASURE
SADISM AND MASOCHISM
MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AS
ESPECIALLY ARTICULATED FORM
WILL CREATE PAIN TO REACH A
DESIRED PLEASURE
LYTTON 44.4 [degrees] C hottest recorded temp. in Canada
3:06 entering desert
CANADA DAY CAKE @ LYTTON INFO CTR 3:35
confluence of FRASER (sediment full) and THOMPSON (glacial) at LYTTON
[shaky scrawl:] 351 leaving Lytton
many dead trees on higher slopes of desert mountains -- because of too much sun -- loss of forest cover? moth damage?
4:22 entering Kamloops forest district -- sage brush desert with ponderosa pines on the heights -- just "over the mountain" from Whistler
Cache Creek 5:00 pm
The shortsightedness and danger of irrigation -- RANT
Valley floor has cattails and sedges
GINSENG (!!) FARM 5:11
5:30 bicyclists above Kamloops Lake
Gyms rarely have fit people
SOD & LOG HUTS OUTSIDE KAMLOOPS
Be Good Tanyas -- Vancouver Newgrass
6 pm Kamloops
7:19 And now for the cookery part of our show...
8:30 JONESING FOR A---
What could be a physiological explanation for the connection I feel, and the distress at separation? Going away from Whistler was like going away from myself.
BILL BRYSON A short history of nearly everything Random House 2003 neither Here nor there
8:55 p, about to leave Squilax General Store for a walk to the Beaver lodge
THE PAIN RESOLVED ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE BELOVED. I KNEW NOT THAT SOMETHING WAS MISSING IN ME UNTIL I MET HER -- NOW I FEEL THE LOSS KEENLY. I KNOW THE ANSWER TO WHAT IS MISSING LIES WITHIN, BUT SHE IS A KEY.
of all things: forget-me-nots along the shore!
9:31 at Beaver lodge saw beaver -- also least (?) sandpipers
9:45 received call from Craig and Erica at the Hostel -- A--- left today for HI Jericho and is going on the Rocky tour.
If she knew I would call HI Jericho she has a mind right for me; if not, I will make a mistake and pay for it -- it won't be the first time.
CANADA DAY FIREWORKS -- COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL
MOOSE TRAVEL NETWORK
(LAURA -- -- --) 8-6 in BC 9-7 in AB 1-888-244-6673
"we need to know your travel dates and pickup points. You have until 6 pm Vancouver time the night before to make changes to your travel pland if you are scheduled to depart on any trip leg on the following day. There is a $25 reinstatement fee for a no-show."
[box, no check] call Moose --
[box, checked] find out if A--- is on the Hoodapus or Wapiti
if yes [box, checked] find out if anyone is staying at HI Shuswap [arrow indicating process to point *]
[if no, indicated by arrow; box, checked] get number for other hostel if necessary.
[*, box, no check] GO ON WITH IANNA
[box, check] find out whether tour can be "jumbled["].
[note entered on the 2 vii 06] TIM'S COMING AT 2 TO PICKUP
1 VII 06 Canada Day July 1 2006
7:00 a.m. talked with Suzy -- SNAFU at home -- had to end call because Willow had fallen out of her rope swing.
9:13 driving out of Vancouver
Driver Ianna (sht for Marianna) suggest Commercial Avenue as a cool neighbourhood in Vancouver (East Van)
Ont[o] 1st Ave towards Can. 1
To Brunette Ave rt in New Westminster
to Braid Str left off Brunette
rt on Canfor rt on Edworthy Way
Moose Headquarters 104 Edworthy Way
104 - 360 Edworthy Way New Westminster
BC V3L 5T8
Laura [virtually illegible scrawl:] phone operator spoke c @ Ferry [written more neatly in margin:] phone oper. I spoke with @ the ferry. (on the phone)
10:19 am back towards 1
[very shaky -- written while bus travelling along highway:]
Transcanada (1) 7000 km from Coast to Coast -- we will travel only about 1000
Driving toward Mt Baker
Abbotsford -- Raspberry cap.
11:30 am leaving
Tim Hortons -- tea & cruller (still batter-y) $1.99
Laundry last night 4.00
1.25 for wash
1.25 for dry
1.50 for powder
10:30 driving through Chilliwack in the FRASER RIVER VALLEY, not the lower mainland any more ag region strong manure smell
11:51 bridal veil falls
Sarbjit -- she who conquers all
12:15 leaving for HOPE
JACK JOHNSON --composer performer Great Percussion!
[sketch of mountains at Hope on 2/3 of page]
12:37 entering HOPE warm but extraordinarily windy
[boxed, no check] Biological Philosophy all life is a political act for humans -- How a life is led is the political STRATEGY
1:54 leaving Hope -- the chainsaw sculpture capital of CA
1870 YALE CONVENTION BC would join Canada only if a rr was built to link to the rest of Canada CBR railroad
2:12 pm YALE
RY COODER
LAZY BUT ALSO HEDONISTIC --
WILL DO MUCH FOR PLEASURE
SADISM AND MASOCHISM
MUST BE UNDERSTOOD AS
ESPECIALLY ARTICULATED FORM
WILL CREATE PAIN TO REACH A
DESIRED PLEASURE
LYTTON 44.4 [degrees] C hottest recorded temp. in Canada
3:06 entering desert
CANADA DAY CAKE @ LYTTON INFO CTR 3:35
confluence of FRASER (sediment full) and THOMPSON (glacial) at LYTTON
[shaky scrawl:] 351 leaving Lytton
many dead trees on higher slopes of desert mountains -- because of too much sun -- loss of forest cover? moth damage?
4:22 entering Kamloops forest district -- sage brush desert with ponderosa pines on the heights -- just "over the mountain" from Whistler
Cache Creek 5:00 pm
The shortsightedness and danger of irrigation -- RANT
Valley floor has cattails and sedges
GINSENG (!!) FARM 5:11
5:30 bicyclists above Kamloops Lake
Gyms rarely have fit people
SOD & LOG HUTS OUTSIDE KAMLOOPS
Be Good Tanyas -- Vancouver Newgrass
6 pm Kamloops
7:19 And now for the cookery part of our show...
8:30 JONESING FOR A---
What could be a physiological explanation for the connection I feel, and the distress at separation? Going away from Whistler was like going away from myself.
BILL BRYSON A short history of nearly everything Random House 2003 neither Here nor there
8:55 p, about to leave Squilax General Store for a walk to the Beaver lodge
THE PAIN RESOLVED ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE BELOVED. I KNEW NOT THAT SOMETHING WAS MISSING IN ME UNTIL I MET HER -- NOW I FEEL THE LOSS KEENLY. I KNOW THE ANSWER TO WHAT IS MISSING LIES WITHIN, BUT SHE IS A KEY.
of all things: forget-me-nots along the shore!
9:31 at Beaver lodge saw beaver -- also least (?) sandpipers
9:45 received call from Craig and Erica at the Hostel -- A--- left today for HI Jericho and is going on the Rocky tour.
If she knew I would call HI Jericho she has a mind right for me; if not, I will make a mistake and pay for it -- it won't be the first time.
CANADA DAY FIREWORKS -- COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL
MOOSE TRAVEL NETWORK
(LAURA -- -- --) 8-6 in BC 9-7 in AB 1-888-244-6673
"we need to know your travel dates and pickup points. You have until 6 pm Vancouver time the night before to make changes to your travel pland if you are scheduled to depart on any trip leg on the following day. There is a $25 reinstatement fee for a no-show."
[box, no check] call Moose --
[box, checked] find out if A--- is on the Hoodapus or Wapiti
if yes [box, checked] find out if anyone is staying at HI Shuswap [arrow indicating process to point *]
[if no, indicated by arrow; box, checked] get number for other hostel if necessary.
[*, box, no check] GO ON WITH IANNA
[box, check] find out whether tour can be "jumbled["].
[note entered on the 2 vii 06] TIM'S COMING AT 2 TO PICKUP
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