The land of the Eagles
Thanks for the comments everyone!
With much help from family, I arrived safely in Prince Rupert yesterday morning. The airport is on a small island west of the main city and we caught a bus/ferry to get over. I had fun fitting together my bike and trailer (phew, everything arrived) and then went exploring around Rupert. It's quite a bit easier travelling with a bike out of a box, let me tell you!
Rupert is a beautiful spot with rich First Nations history. Everywhere you look, eagles are overhead. Yesterday I hang around the carving shed where I was inspired by local carvers (where I acted as a greeter to all the tourists from the huge cruise ship). I am in Tsimshian territory, but also met Gitksan and Nisga'a carvers. I was able to have a piece of red wood which with my single knife, hopefully I will have the chance to turn it into something special.
I'm catching the 6am ferry to the Queen Charlottes. This part of the world has been beatiful (the sights in addition to the people) so far and I'm glad to have the opportunity to explore Northern BC. The magnitude of this trip still intimidates the dickens out of me and more training would have always helped I'm sure, but hopefully Cat and I will encourage each other to tackle the grinds.Naam-nin! (or something like that- it means see you later)
Kristy
posted by Kristy @ 1:24 PM
2 Comments:
Congratulations on starting your cross-Canada adventure.
Our team is almost through BC! Time goes fast on the road.
Safe travels and stay in touch.
hi kristy, this is chris. chris from japan. we ate frozen blueberries.
your adventure sounds intense. I used to live on the ol' queen charlottes, or however it's spelled, I won't look it up and pretend like I knew all along. I liked it there, but I was only 6, and my dad's job sucked, so we had to leave.
what you're doing sounds so rad and inspiring. i look forward to reading about it. I think I shall update my blog again, but it won't be of such intensity, alas.
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