Archive for September, 2007
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Bella Coola VII: Departure
So for an investment of a thousand miles of driving and two weeks of on-the-road and camping adventure, we had two good days of weather in Bella Coola, the first on the day we arrived, and the second yesterday on our trip to the Hot Springs of South Bentick.
Today, Saturday, broke with rain on my tent yet again, and we decided to pack it in, call it a day, call it a trip, and head for home. Lucky we did, too, because the top of the pass heading east from Bella Coola was starting to get snowed and nasty. My first taste of winter. And only September!
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
Bella Coola VI: Hot Springs
Today the Bella Coola weather gods must have been napping, as the sun broke over the mountains and pushed the clouds out of the valleys and onto the peaks. This was the day we had been waiting for!
Suddenly keyed on a breath of fair weather, we ate breakfast as we packed lunches, got our gear together, and piled into the boat before 9am to head out the inlet and down the South Bentick channel to the hot springs that had been on everyone’s top sites to visit in Bella Coola.
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Bella Coola III – Amazing Petroglyphs
Slow day in Bella Coola. I awoke anticipating a morning push to get out onto the boat and out to the hot springs we’ve heard so much about—something like an hour away in our 30hp inflatable. However, the constant drizzle on my tent gave me the morning weather report: rain.
Rain can be a great excuse to do one’s late late taxes, so I worked through most of the afternoon at the café downtown, sampling the lunch menu of paninis and following that with desserts of chocolate muffins and a nanaimo bar. Mmmm. Taxes never tasted so good. The Café showed itself as one of the hubs of local activity, so I sat and observed the local exchanges, a bit of rumor and gossip, the talkers and the quiet ones come in to enjoy a bit of coffee and a snack.
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
Bella Coola I: Where it’s at
The end of 60 miles of dirt road, down a 4000 foot mountain, and nestled on a fjord to the ocean that is more than 50 miles inland and surrounded by glacial peaks rising directly from sea level into clouds miles high…this is Bella Coola.
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