August 27, 1998
The next morning I got up early. Not because I wanted, but I usually get up early. And furthermore - and to be honest - I had not realized, that we were back in B.C., which is in another time zone. When I got out on the porch, I spotted an elk, crossing the Kicking Horse River. We have a saying in Denmark, that "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence". I don't know, it you have s similar saying in Canada, but the elk must have felt so, because it started grassing 30 metres from our loghouse. I quickly alerted the others, and Claus got outside with his camera in his underwear. I think the elk remained for about 20 minutes. A long time to jump around in the nature in ones underware. But Claus will go through fire and water to get the best motive.
I succeeded to sneek on the other side of the elk to get a shot (not with a gun, bur with Viggo's camera), where our loghouse could be seen in the background. Several cars stopped on the highway to stop the elk. It was so beautiful and big. And the horns were quite symmetrical, which I understood from Janet is not always the case. After a while the elk disappeared along the highway. I hope that this beautiful animal did not get hurt. After having had coffee, we packed the car and continued our journey.
On the road again
While driving Janet got more and more worried about the car. One of the tires seemed to loose air, and finally we drove into Revelstoke town, which lies on the eastern side of Columbia River, surrounded by mountains. Just north of the town is Revelstoke Dam, which produces electricity on a large scale. Janet found a tire(d) mechanic, who checked tha car. And of course Janet was right, and we had the tire fixed. In the meantime we visited s local pottery, where Janet and Claus bought 4 wonderful tea mugs. On our last night in Canada they were given to us as presents.
Jandana Ranch
We arrived to Jandana Horse Ranch late in the afternoon. I think that Janet was a bit stressed, because the last 25 km she drove like an angel - "a hell's angel". But when we reached the ranch, where we were going to spend one night, we all relaxed. Janet and Claus had found this wonderful ranch on the Internet. There were 4 houses on the ranch, we had the 2 leftmost houses. The ranch was situated approx. 30 km from Kamloops in the most spectacular surroundings. Janet and Claus drove to the nearest store and bought beans, bacon and eggs - and a couple of beers. Real cowboy grub (I don't know, if the spelling is OK - but the food was).
After dinner, which we took outside the house, we watched a riding lesson. On the ranch there are about 60 horses - running around most of the time. In obe of the other houses lived 2 young men, who had come from Pittsburg in Pennsylvania to ride the trails. They were going to stay there for a fortnight. Besides horses there were a mule, dogs, cats, hens etc. One of the dogs had only 3 legs, but the owners told us, that they would keep the dog as long as possible. You could even bring your own horse and let it participate in the training sessions, which took place according to a special system.
In the evening w were sitting on the porch and enjoyed the fine weather and the spectacular view over the landscape. On the farm there is a beautifuk lake, where you can skate in wintertime. Alas, we did not see any northern light. Birgit and I have just seen this phenomena once, while Janet often had experienced it on the family farm in Hythe. The following morning Janet suggested, that we should have been looking to the northern part of the sky. She is probably right, but what a time to come up with this. We all wanted, that we could have stayed a whole week in this great place. Another wonderful day had come to an end.
Wolverton Mountain
August 27, 1998
I succeeded to sneek on the other side of the elk to get a shot (not with a gun, bur with Viggo's camera), where our loghouse could be seen in the background. Several cars stopped on the highway to stop the elk. It was so beautiful and big. And the horns were quite symmetrical, which I understood from Janet is not always the case. After a while the elk disappeared along the highway. I hope that this beautiful animal did not get hurt. After having had coffee, we packed the car and continued our journey.
We arrived to Jandana Horse Ranch late in the afternoon. I think that Janet was a bit stressed, because the last 25 km she drove like an angel - "a hell's angel". But when we reached the ranch, where we were going to spend one night, we all relaxed. Janet and Claus had found this wonderful ranch on the Internet. There were 4 houses on the ranch, we had the 2 leftmost houses. The ranch was situated approx. 30 km from Kamloops in the most spectacular surroundings. Janet and Claus drove to the nearest store and bought beans, bacon and eggs - and a couple of beers. Real cowboy grub (I don't know, if the spelling is OK - but the food was).
After dinner, which we took outside the house, we watched a riding lesson. On the ranch there are about 60 horses - running around most of the time. In obe of the other houses lived 2 young men, who had come from Pittsburg in Pennsylvania to ride the trails. They were going to stay there for a fortnight. Besides horses there were a mule, dogs, cats, hens etc. One of the dogs had only 3 legs, but the owners told us, that they would keep the dog as long as possible. You could even bring your own horse and let it participate in the training sessions, which took place according to a special system.
In the evening w were sitting on the porch and enjoyed the fine weather and the spectacular view over the landscape. On the farm there is a beautifuk lake, where you can skate in wintertime. Alas, we did not see any northern light. Birgit and I have just seen this phenomena once, while Janet often had experienced it on the family farm in Hythe. The following morning Janet suggested, that we should have been looking to the northern part of the sky. She is probably right, but what a time to come up with this. We all wanted, that we could have stayed a whole week in this great place. Another wonderful day had come to an end.