Forests and Natives

There is a large Native population in the Terrace area. This totem pole is set in a downtown shopping plaza. There is a Native Center and carving shed located at town founder, George Little's original homestead now moved downtown by the railway.
On the highway between Terrace and Kitimat, the original logging has all been reforested. This shows a 31 year growth of the new trees.

July 2nd

Another holiday today. We caught the shuttle bus with Watsons and went to Minette Bay, down by the Indian Village for Dragon Boat races. It is a very picturesque setting and fun to see. Sure looked like hard work. Next was a trip to hospital Beach where Watsons picked up a piece of driftwood which will become a decorative post in their front yard for their name sign.
This is where the Delta King was moored in 1953 and early construction crews lived. It got it's name because the first hospital was also here.
We passed the old Canadian National Railway station where Ron and his mother arrived Sept 11, 1957. Bridgit arrived with her family by boat in 1954. the road was pushed through in 1958. this railway station is no longer used and looks pretty sad and lonely.

Happy Canada Day

We woke to a lovely sunny day and all took our lawn chairs down to the curb of the campground and watched the parade. There were many floats, even one of the high school with some friends on it. The parade finished at Riverlodge, the recreation center, where there were many International food vendors, very representative of the varied nationalities of people who immigrated to Kitimat in the 1950's. Then we congregated at the Legion where all the school reunion people of the 50s, 60s and 70s gathered. Everyone had a great time.
We sat around a campfire, roasted wieners and watched the fireworks at 11 p.m. It wasn't dark enough before that.

Golf Scramble

We played golf this morning at the Hirsch Creek Golf and Winter Club. We had a great time with Denice and Alex and thank goodness, played the best ball. That saved our bacon a few times. This club is a major community hub consisting of a spacious lounge and dining area with a spectacular view over the course. It is a challenging and scenic par 71, 18 hole championship golf course. The last time we golfed here 5 years ago, the fox ran out on the 7th fairway and stole my golf ball. None today and no bears or deer either.
Denice had to climb up the spiral stairs to see if the golfers ahead of us had cleared the course.

Everyone's arriving

People started arriving yesterday for the 50th anniversary of Mount Elizabeth, the high school they all attended. We've got Roger and Myrna, Monica and Don and Mike and Bridget here in the campground with us. We toured the town with Roger and Myrna today and saw the new hospital and assisted living facility. We sat out last night visiting until 11 p.m. It is light out that late.
This picture was taken at 10 p.m. We had a meet and greet at Riverside Lodge tonight and old friends kept finding each other and by the sound level, everyone was having a great time.

Old friends

We had a great visit tonight with Ron's niece Sylvia and Stan, and old friends Gus and Doreen. These friendships go all the way back to school days. They all still live here and love the fishing and camping activities around. We're staying at Jed Stump's Campground and so many of our friends simply can't understand how we live full time in the motorhome, but it works for us and we love it.

Nephew and family

We had a lovely time tonight with family. We went to Deryn's music teacher's house and listened to Deryn playing many of the songs she's learned in her first year of piano lessons.
Here's Deryn, Karina, Justin, Stewart and Amanda. This is the family that had 2 bears playing in the front yard. They haven't been back since, thank goodness.