Expedition Canada

Except on the Driveway Fri Jan 7th Wednesday morning ferry queue to Horseshoe Bay I remember chuckling at news in the UK about how local authorities were not so good at clearing snow and dealing with icy roads.  In fairness the UK does not usually see a huge amount of snow, certainly not as much as BC.   That said, road clearing teams in BC have struggled to keep up.  Labour shortages due to Covid have not helped.  Salt is now in short supply locally, with no more due until February.  The snow that arrived overnight Wednesday left another six inches on top of what was already there.  The dual-carriageway up from the ferry terminal in Langdale, which the large trucks take slowly with their hazards on in warm weather, was blocked when I took Jack for his morning constitutional.  Several large trucks and trailers were 'parked' up and cars were coming back down the 'up lanes' as something was blocking the road further up. Before I ...

Super-Visas Approved  Lone Heron on a diving platform Hopkins Landing beach Thu Aug 26th BREAKING NEWS Having written all about bear encounters and rain, our lovely immigration advisor rang early afternoon to say out Super-visas had been approved.  We're over the moon. It means we can now stay for 10 years in 2 year chunks, longer initially if our visitor extension gets approved.  Should be enough time to get residency sorted!  Earlier in the day ..... Having complained in yesterday's blog about the risk of bears being attracted by people not taking their green food bins in at night, a large male black bear interrupted my dog walk home this morning.  One hundred yards from home he ambled down the entrance drive from one of the neighbouring properties and disappeared in the bend in the road.   Dilemma, he's between me and the house, proceed or 'phone a Fred'.  As it was a local walk I had no bear spray or bangers.  I opted for the ph...