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Wobbly Walkway

October 17, 2016

Shaky Walkway

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Filed Under: Construction, Ganges, Musings, Nature, Street, View Tagged With: autumn, colour, road, trees

Sandon-Salt Spring Connection

September 29, 2016

Hal Wright, Sandon

Hal Wright in Sandon: A Salt Spring Island Connection

Way back in the mid-1980s I worked with Hal’s parents in the Gulf Islands School District. I remember him driving the grade seven class from Fernwood School up to Mount Washington aboard his real bus (not school bus). It was a great trip and one in which Hal didn’t just drive the bus but kept involved with the kids.

I remember all kinds of sliding devices in use at night once the lifts had closed. Not one to be left out of the fun, Hal hurried back to the bus and returned with a big aluminum shovel…and proceeded to race the kids down the hill aboard his shovel.

While heading from New Denver to Kaslo, we stopped in at Sandon, where Hal operates the Sandon Hydroelectric Station. This is the oldest continuously operating hydro-electric plant in western Canada (since 1897). Sandon is now a ‘ghost town’ but Hal and area residents seem to have great plans for restoring the town and the great many collected items (somehow Hal’s acquired and moved a 1908 CPR Locomotive (261 000 pounds) and many Vancouver electric buses).

We missed Hal the day we visited Sandon as he was on the road to Idaho. What we didn’t miss though was a crazy mountain road leading to an exhilarating great hike to Idaho Peak. Lots more on that tomorrow.

Filed Under: Architecture, Construction, Looking Back, Musings, Off-Island, People, Volleyball Tagged With: Hal Wright, sandon

Arrow Lakes View

September 28, 2016

Arrow Lakes View
First light (7 am) from the eastern shore of the ‘Arrow Lake Resevoir’, south of Nakusp.

Filed Under: Art, Musings, Nature, Off-Island, Photog's Favourites, View Tagged With: clouds, kootenays, light, morning, reflection, sky, summer, sunrise, trees

A Different Ferry

September 27, 2016

A Different Ferry
After more than 30 years of travelling on the three Salt Spring Island ferry routes, I have to say this ferry takes the cake. It loads in two minutes, scoots quietly across on a cable system in 5 minutes, and unloads in a minute. It runs from 5 am until 10 pm.

And it’s free.

This is the Needles Ferry (Needles to Fauquier across Lower Arrow Lake). It’s been operating since 1913.

Filed Under: Musings, Off-Island, Sailing, Street Tagged With: ferry

Home Sweet Home

September 3, 2016

Home Sweet Home

While photographing another home this week, I noticed this curious oceanview beast tucked away on sunny ridge. Apparently on a large piece of land with massive gardens—it was designed for, and is occupied by, one elderly person.

So there you have it. Yet another Salt Spring Island surprise as another Saturday home post.

note: I was thinking myself a bit clever with the title, but apparently back in April 2015 I used the same title to post another home. A very different home (and one of my favourites) but I’m told it was designed by the same firm. Huh.

Filed Under: Architecture, Construction, Design, Musings, Nature, View Tagged With: concrete, home, rain, steel, summer

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