I like normal days when I can just stick to my regular routine, but yesterday wasn’t one of them. I had made an appointment in McBride to get the winter tires taken off of the car and my summer tires put on. Usually my wife will drive in with the car and I will follow with the pickup truck, we drop off the car, and we drive home in the truck, but yesterday, my wife could hardly walk because of a fall, so I decided I would just drive the car into town, drop it off, and then walk the five miles back to our house.
It had been a beautiful morning with the sun shining, some fluffy clouds, and what looked like a good day for my walk, however by the time I got the car dropped off at the garage, the clouds had pretty much taken over the sky, and their was an unpleasant strong cold wind blowing. Nevertheless, I was committed (or should have been) and I set off for home.
I had biked the trip many many times, but I don’t remember ever walking it. I had my camera along to take some photos along the way, and was disappointed at having a gray sky, but it was, what it was.
Here are some of the photos I took on my walk home. Above you see Hwy. 16 east of McBride. Below that is the old Koeneman log house at Koeneman Park, surrounded by dandelions. The photo at the very bottom shows the white teepee on the opposite side of the Fraser River.
I didn’t really have to walk all the way home, fortunately just as I got the the bottom of the steep Mennonite Hill, my neighbor Nick came along in his car, offering me a ride the rest of the way home, which I was happy to accept.
n Park, surrounded by dandelions. The photo at the bottom is a view across the Fraser River showing the white teepee. I actually saw a few white caps on the river, proving that the wind was blowing pretty strong.
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