We took a drive to Maple Ridge as it is now know, where we grew up. We stopped to visit mom and dad and people have placed about 40 wind chimes in the tree near the headstones. Very peaceful and we passed Thomas and Anne Haney's monuments near the entrance, whom the town was named for. We drove past our old house that was on the Lougheed Highway and later moved back, so the Chevron garage could go in there - still looks good today. We went down Carr's Hill, past the old meat packing plant and Billy Miner's Pub. It used to be the Bank of Montreal when Dad was a kid and the Church next door was where the horse was tethered and broke loose every Sunday so they'd have to walk all the way uphill home. We went up to the Westminster Abbey in Mission which was built by the Benedictine Monks in 1982. It is 162' long, 110' wide and has 64 stained glass windows, blue on one side and orange/red on the other. A dome of coloured glass rises 60' above the altar. Very beautiful.
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