BC to AB July 24-31

Hiya

Week 2 staying in West Moberly, the cabins starting to feel a bit like home. Especially in the sun waking up every morning to the beautiful Moberly Lake was definitely awesome. Last week we ran camps in West Moberly, this week was in Saulteau which was only 5 minutes away so we didn't have to move on the weekend.

Sunday the 24th was my birthday. We went out to Tumbler Ridge for the day to check out the scenery (which included a black bear wandering on the side of the road). Unfortunately the road to the waterfalls was flooded out, but we did hike around and found a beaver dam which is always fun.

West Moberly is also only a half hour drive to Chetwynd, which is the closest town with a large grocery store, so we went into town a few times throughout the week for supplies. Being in town also meant the opportunity to clamber up Mount Baldy and Ghost Mountain again. Just to give some perspective, I grabbed a shot of the trail which I hope shows how steep the last push to the top is.

Friday we said goodbye to the cabins and headed up to Fort St. John where we picked up our new third, Will, on loan from SFU in Vancouver for the next two weeks. Saturday we said goodbye to "mountains" (fine, they're foothills) and Pacific time, and crossed over into Alberta. After weeks of hills and forests, it does feel pretty flat, but it's not as dramatic as I thought. Maybe I have to go to Saskatchewan for that. In true Alberta fashion though, once we were firmly in a new province, the price of gas dropped 10-20 cents and the speed limit jumped 10-20km/hour.

We're now staying in Beaverlodge which is about half an hour west of Grand Prairie and right next door to Horse Lake where we'll be running a shortened camp week. Beaverlodge decided in 2004 that their town was missing something, and so constructed 3000 pound polymer and steel frame beaver to welcome anyone driving from Edmonton to Alaska. He was never given a name, so I'm calling him Gerald.