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Bella Coola Spring
It is wonderful to go down the Bella Coola Hill at this time of year-at the top it is winter, at the bottom, it is spring. It has been cold and often violently windy since before Easter, and it was not...
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The New Batch of Volunteers.
I am very relieved to be able to say that the new batch of volunteers are great. Not particularly skilled, but they are interested, work hard, get along with each other – and laugh at all my jokes!...
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Another Trip down the Bella Coola Hill
Our bear was still feeding beside the road when we made another trip down the Bella Coola Hill. Once again, as soon as he saw us, he laid down. I think their’s something wrong with him. I sure hope...
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Heatwave Continues
The heatwave continues. Day after day. Too hot to work in the afternoon. Too hot to sleep. But during the night the clear skies allow the temperature to drop almost to freezing. For a brief time,...
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Jimmy’s Last Weeks at Ginty Creek
The storms of late August left a thick pelt of snow on the mountains. There has been a lot of logging below Perkins Peak these last two years, and the snow picked out the new cutblocks. We dodged the...
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Bear Viewing on the Bella Coola River
In the previous post I mentioned being away for a couple of days during the yurt’s construction. It was because the first housewarming party guests arrived – 5 days earlier than the main date – but...
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Bella Coola in October
I took my Scottish friends down The Hill to Bella Coola. Although it was October already, very little fresh snow graced the mountains. At the top of the Bella Coola Hill, we walked for a while among...
View ArticleBella Coola May 2017
A couple of days before The Lion King was performed, I went to Williams Lake and picked up a couple of Volunteers. Florian and Iris are both from the Netherlands although they hadn’t met until they...
View ArticleBella Coola End of May
I took Martina and the two young women at Terra Nostra Guest Ranch down to Bella Coola at the end of May. It was an absolutely gorgeous day. Feral horses posed for us on Highway 20 near Anahim...
View ArticleBella Coola Solstice
I had been invited to my friend’s place in the upper Bella Coola Valley for a Solstice celebration, but I did not want to leave my house overnight if it was too cold, nor did I want to risk getting …...
View ArticleThe Next Batch of Volunteers
The first half of the next batch of volunteers, Fred and Eve from Quebec, was picked up when I took Marien and Anna Marie to Williams Lake.They were forestry students but very young, and although they...
View ArticleTaking The Boat Out, Bella Coola
Jonas’s time with me was ending and I took him to Bella Coola. First we helped friends take their boat out of the water. The weather had deteriorated again.The mountains around The Hill were swathed...
View ArticleSuper Equinox
Two full moons have passed by, which makes me realize how long it has been since I last wrote. Life continues to be crazy busy. After 3 months of barely travelling, I have spent a lot of time driving...
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Just before Hannah left, we went down The Hill to enjoy the Bella Coola Spring.You can see various bits of Highway 20. At the bottom, all was totally lush and green. A number of orchids were looking:...
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