It wasn’t ugly after all, played well for a change and got several pars on the 18-hole par-3 course. The course and the campground are run by the same people; there’s also a restaurant and through July they offered free golf to anyone who ate there. We did eat there so our golf was free, a very good price.
There was a caravan of about 25 rigs due in here last night but they didn’t arrive. I suspect they were coming from the north and got stopped by the large fire that’s burning near the northern section of the Stewart Cassiar Highway. The SCH was closed for awhile and maybe still is. We drove through the area the same day the fire started, saw the smoke and a helicopter carrying water to the fire. We heard a rumor that the Alaska Highway was also closed. It was lucky timing for us to have missed all that.
In an earlier post, I mentioned being curious about the name Stewart. Here’s the poop. James Stewart (not the actor) worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company in the mid 1800’s. He and his boss, Robert Campbell, explored northern BC and Campbell was responsible for naming the Stewart River after Jimmy – and then the name spread to the town and the highway.
In another earlier post, I speculated that the loon may be Canada’s national bird. It is not. In fact, they have no national bird but seem to be in the process of selecting one. Citizens are currently offering suggestions on what the national bird should be, and the loon ranks number 3, behind the red tailed hawk and the Canada goose.
It’s 6:45 AM. We’ll be hitting the road in about an hour, destination Williams Lake.
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