Sunny and Hot

Finally, summer weather. High of 30C in Valemount our second day here. Cool in the evenings but great for sleeping. Started our day off with a 2 hour walk at a local wildlife park called Starratt Marsh. Nice trails, two viewing towers but a scarcity of waterfowl. We only saw a male Ruddy Duck and a couple of female American Coots with young ones following behind them. Lots of marsh but also a lot of large trembling aspens, cotton wood trees and spruce. Found out last night that aspens grow from root systems and not seeds. Some of the root systems are thousands of years old. So, when you see a group of aspens growing in one spot, it is called a colony because they all grow from the same root base

After lunch we spent some time at the local museum which gave us a good insight into local history as well as many of the characters that lived in this area. It is located in an old railway station that has been restored.
I don't know how such a small community (Village) can afford all the work that has gone into a downtown street and sidewalk renovation, a huge information bureau and interpretative center, a first class museum with 80% of the buildings  downtown that are empty stores that no longer in business. Sounds like Lunenburg!
We are off tomorrow morning to Cache Creek and then start our way up the Cariboo highway to Prince George with a multitude of stops in between. I hope that some of the places we will stay at have internet service so I can keep this blog going.
Take note of a new page added to this blog. You will find it on the left hand side of your screen under Pages with a title of Photos.
This page includes nothing but photos with a short note on each one. These are photos that are not in the blog.
Getting late so have to go. Back soon!

Quote of the day:

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.  Vernon Sanders Law

Cheers

P & N