12 vii 06: Kelowna to Bowen Island
raw notes from my pocket journal:
up and packed 6 am
another excellent night's sleep
I TAUGHT AN ENGLISHWOMAN TO WEAR WOOL SOCKS [and gave her a pair!]
12 VII 2006 Nearing the end.
DESMOND HUGH CARR our driver [his e-mail in his hand]
Le cho: good morning in Cantonese
450 km today 8;40 leaving Kelowna
floating bridge -- longest in Can. pontoon bridge 2100 ft
3.3 ft per metre
FIRST STOP is in MERRITT
Nicola Valley -- heavily forested.
sign: GORMAN: New forest
planted 1980, harvested
1978
9.25 CASCADES FOREST DISTRICT
10:04 arrive Merritt
Clumber Spaniel
excellent samosa & tamarind chutney at snack shop $1.50
10:35 home of the Merritt Mountain Music Festival
3rd weekend of July
MICROPORE TAPE for 1st aid kit
Coquihalla Valley 10:50 am
approaching Coastal Range
DAVID GREY Babylon
11:10 in amongst foothills of snow capp'd mts again.
COQUIHALLAH TOLLBOOTH 11:20
[very shaky; written while bus was moving] great rocks! Coquihalla Valley
11:52 am Coquihalla Canyon PP Othello Tunnels
12:30 leaving tunnels
clouds concealing
mountain tops
cool breeze
two shirts and a spray deck
and still cool.
2 p.m. leaving LK LAWKAWA
Corinna Leung [a fellow traveler; her e-mail in her hand] Nurse originally from Hong Kong, now living in Australia.
My desire and your monkeyKorean dance beat
2:12 entering Fraser River Valley
It will widen out as we go and probably piss rain down upon us -- DHC
2:33 entering Chilliwack
DHC used to live near here -- was a competition sky diving place across the street -- story of the crash -- 15' of aviation-fluid-saturated soil in the front yard plane crashed between two tents
Abbotsford 2:58 p.m. "The Buckle of the Bible Belt"
Natural Escapes
Terry's Kayaking Operation
Desmond Carr
3:45 p entering outskirts of Van
IKEA in New Wesminster or Coquitlam is largest in world
NEW WESTMINSTER "The Royal City" was once provincial capitol --
4:19 p at Burrard & Georgia waiting for 427 pm #257 Horseshow Bay Xpress bus to Ferry. 5:35 Ferry $3.25 fare
4:32 on bus -- commodious compartment for backpack & gear -- double bus 4:44 Lion's Gate bridge
5:06 arrive Horseshoe Bay Ferry $7.70
In terminal at Horseshoe Bay WAITING ROOM A Coca-cola Dasani machine two Telus phone kiosks, a telus card dispenser, another coke machine a snack machine, yet another coke machine, a change machine, a coffee machine women's room, men's room water fountain waste bin -- chrome [labels on sketches:] galvanized bin for newspapers two recycling bins waste bin
along window one security camera bank of ten joined seats then a bank of five then 3 more banks of five down center of room
5:27 steady rain
terminal is filling up
5:32 on ferry looking out to Bowen.
up and packed 6 am
another excellent night's sleep
I TAUGHT AN ENGLISHWOMAN TO WEAR WOOL SOCKS [and gave her a pair!]
12 VII 2006 Nearing the end.
DESMOND HUGH CARR our driver [his e-mail in his hand]
Le cho: good morning in Cantonese
450 km today 8;40 leaving Kelowna
floating bridge -- longest in Can. pontoon bridge 2100 ft
3.3 ft per metre
FIRST STOP is in MERRITT
Nicola Valley -- heavily forested.
sign: GORMAN: New forest
planted 1980, harvested
1978
9.25 CASCADES FOREST DISTRICT
10:04 arrive Merritt
Clumber Spaniel
excellent samosa & tamarind chutney at snack shop $1.50
10:35 home of the Merritt Mountain Music Festival
3rd weekend of July
MICROPORE TAPE for 1st aid kit
Coquihalla Valley 10:50 am
approaching Coastal Range
DAVID GREY Babylon
11:10 in amongst foothills of snow capp'd mts again.
COQUIHALLAH TOLLBOOTH 11:20
[very shaky; written while bus was moving] great rocks! Coquihalla Valley
11:52 am Coquihalla Canyon PP Othello Tunnels
12:30 leaving tunnels
clouds concealing
mountain tops
cool breeze
two shirts and a spray deck
and still cool.
2 p.m. leaving LK LAWKAWA
Corinna Leung [a fellow traveler; her e-mail in her hand] Nurse originally from Hong Kong, now living in Australia.
My desire and your monkeyKorean dance beat
2:12 entering Fraser River Valley
It will widen out as we go and probably piss rain down upon us -- DHC
2:33 entering Chilliwack
DHC used to live near here -- was a competition sky diving place across the street -- story of the crash -- 15' of aviation-fluid-saturated soil in the front yard plane crashed between two tents
Abbotsford 2:58 p.m. "The Buckle of the Bible Belt"
Natural Escapes
Terry's Kayaking Operation
Desmond Carr
3:45 p entering outskirts of Van
IKEA in New Wesminster or Coquitlam is largest in world
NEW WESTMINSTER "The Royal City" was once provincial capitol --
4:19 p at Burrard & Georgia waiting for 427 pm #257 Horseshow Bay Xpress bus to Ferry. 5:35 Ferry $3.25 fare
4:32 on bus -- commodious compartment for backpack & gear -- double bus 4:44 Lion's Gate bridge
5:06 arrive Horseshoe Bay Ferry $7.70
In terminal at Horseshoe Bay WAITING ROOM A Coca-cola Dasani machine two Telus phone kiosks, a telus card dispenser, another coke machine a snack machine, yet another coke machine, a change machine, a coffee machine women's room, men's room water fountain waste bin -- chrome [labels on sketches:] galvanized bin for newspapers two recycling bins waste bin
along window one security camera bank of ten joined seats then a bank of five then 3 more banks of five down center of room
5:27 steady rain
terminal is filling up
5:32 on ferry looking out to Bowen.
posted by M E Achtermann at 6:07 pm
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