I recently was in Port Hardy, BC, same time as Poppy and Babs

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They were on a fishihng trip with their pal, Jim "Asshat" Pattison, on his big friggin' yacht. I didn't see hide nor hair of them though. Too bad, I had my lines all figured out: "Hey there, one-term president!" followed by "Like father like son!" Come to think of it, maybe it's for the best that I didn't get the chance. I'm sure the Sea Hag would have fired laser beams from her eyes, frying me to a blackened crisp.

I did go on a whale watching trip from Telegraph Cove (highly recommended), and I wore my Oscar prize, the Suspect #50966039 shirt. Turns out there were some Americans on the trip, NY and California, so I paraded it around as best I could. No comments on it, they must have been Dems, Repubs would have been more inclined to make snide comments.

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1. My Cousin's used to live in Telegraph cove

I love that place.

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2. Really?

That's cool, so very few people actually live there. That may change, they've set out a bunch of new building lots, plus a nice RV park (where we stayed). Such is progress. I wondered for a while if the water there made me sick later in Parksville, but since our friends got it too, it had to be good ol' Boston Pizza.

Did you drive Hiway 3 from Vancouver to that other place when you worked there? Holy shit, what a trip! Especially from Salmo to Creston, great fun when you're dragging a trailer.

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3. Yup I did about 8 times last WINTER!!!!

It was creazy scary.... did you go through the CNP too?

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4. Yes

We went through that way and up Hwy 22. We went through westbound last summer, too, and were going to come back that way but found it closed.

Hwy 3 must be a riot in the winter. I was especially immpressed with that climb out of Osoyoos eastbound. Sheesh! I thought it would never end! I'm not sure my old van would have got the trailer up that hill.