Deka Lake Dispatches

Sleigh bells ring...a wonderful snowy day. That's because I'm inside and if I had to go for a drive I actually have studded snow tires and chains. Hah!

On Wednesday and overnighting we went to the metropolis, Kamloops, for a day of shopping till we dropped. The best part of the afternoon was 2 hours in Chapters! What a great time we had. The Library Board (bless their hearts) had given me $200 gift certificate at Chapters so Bill and I had some fun. The day was very dark and felt like it was -30 but 'parently it wasn't. There was no snow yet the air was very damp, like fog. Besides Chapters we went to Home Depot, Rona, London Drugs (I love LD, thank you Mr. Louie) did I mention Chapters?, Wal-Mart (sorry Sio). And then supper at the one and only Boston Pizza! The motel was cheap and very clean with a tv that had 50 channels and nothing on. Nothing changed. The next morning it was bright and cool so we needed to visit VV and a hardwood store to learn that we cannot afford Mahogany for the bathroom counter. The last time we bought mahogany was for a table Bill made for Brent's boat the Sid Sirocco (what a joy it was making that); seems the price has gone up. Back to cedar.

The drive over #24 was interesting going in as it had snowed enough to have the sand and salt trucks out. 24 reaches over 4,000 feet and the run down is serpentine; the return drive is slow and easy especially with two solid pine doors on top. Thankfully, only a few logging trucks were on it Tuesday morning so we could go at our own pace. Once on the 5 it was fine. The scenery along the 5 is so varied and heartbreaking as it goes through Barriere/McLure. Barriere is back up and running but it is so hard to look at the hills; still blackened from the fire 3 years ago. Once down beside the Thompson and into the valleys the vista changes to large farms and ranches. It's a beautiful drive.

I'm listening to Radio 365 which must have a trillion stations within every genre you can think of. Right now I'm listening to "Oldies and Blues".

We are going for a walk in the snow.....